direction
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The direction and strength of the wind can also affect lift and Guy Gratton, a professor of aircraft test and evaluation at Cranfield University, believes this was the problem for EasyJet's flight EJU7008 from Southend.
From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026
Rather, the lesson is that industrial policy—that is, government intervention to help sectors deemed vital to national interest—should work in the direction of economic gravity, rather than against it, using many tools, not just one.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
"Everything is the same, rigid and fixed once it's fabricated. The brain is the opposite. It's heterogeneous, dynamic and three-dimensional. To move in that direction, we need new materials and new ways to build electronics."
From Science Daily • Apr. 18, 2026
“Tasks that would have been impossible to do or would have required very specialist knowledge … are now possible for pretty much anyone who wants to point it in the right direction and be persistent.”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 18, 2026
When I reached the platform at last, the sign said not uelzen but olsztyn, a town in Poland in exactly the opposite direction.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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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