direction
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“We have to be completely agile and ready to move in the direction that is required,” she said on the sidelines of an International Monetary Fund meeting in Washington, D.C.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
I’ve done it with apples — layering applesauce, apple butter and roasted fruit into a cake that tastes like fall — and with egg salad, where richness builds from every direction.
From Salon • Apr. 16, 2026
"A lot of directors are too busy trying to steer you in a direction instead of understanding what that relationship is between a director and an actor."
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
Bond yields and crude-oil prices haven’t been so quick to retrace their steps, although both have been moving in that direction.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026
She vanished in the driving snow and wind, moving angrily in the direction I had thrown her.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
Vocabulary lists containing direction
The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 5
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The New SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words
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The ACT Reading Test: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 4
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