direction
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“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
These allow the whole building to slide up to 5 feet in any direction; it can even bounce upward.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Centcom said on Thursday that in the first 72 hours of the blockade, 14 vessels had "turned around to comply with the blockade at the direction of American forces".
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
Bass’ strategy provides the city direction in addressing climate change.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
They pushed and slipped, scrabbling in every direction.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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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