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direction

[dih-rek-shuhn, dahy-] / dɪˈrɛk ʃən, ˈdaɪ- /




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But I just feel it's going to be a team who are really good at keeping the ball and that points me in the direction of Spain instead.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

The trend is going in the wrong direction, though.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Many Kuiper Belt objects – also referred to as trans-Neptunian objects – have been discovered orbiting the Sun, but like Uranus they don’t do so in a continuous expected direction.

From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026

To define interest-rate cycles we used the federal-funds rate and defined a cycle as any one where interest rates were going in a particular direction over a six-month period.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Wes runs in the opposite direction and then turns the corner, out of my sight.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold




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