directives

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Financial advisers often tout the importance of estate planning: having a will, setting up trusts if necessary, and organizing medical directives and powers of attorney.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

"In a nutshell, anything that's not in the Annex 1 directives, the court is basically saying we're not interested in hearing that," Prof Murray told the BBC.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

Tehran's military chief Ali Abdollahi met the country's supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei and, according to Iranian state television, received "new directives and guidance for the continuation of operations to confront the enemy".

From Barron's • May 10, 2026

When those directives collide, the result isn’t growth but short-circuiting.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

He had apparently been repeating these strange directives for some time, and Zeitoun had only begun to hear them.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers