directive

Example Sentences

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After awakening, the biome’s newly cultivated gut flora will respond to your neurological directive, allowing you to ultimately control when — and where — your wind breaks.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

They said the February directive, however, was unusual.

From Salon • Apr. 1, 2026

Maxim, 49, said the health ministry directive was only a recommendation.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

They say the high prices were in part driven by a directive from Noem, which instructed the agency to purchase all the planned new detention sites in a 30-day span.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

"Certain charges have just been made . . ." "Charges? Have I failed to carry out some directive?"

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison