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directory

[dih-rek-tuh-ree, -tree, dahy-] / dɪˈrɛk tə ri, -tri, daɪ- /


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Gamestop’s official store directory showed many California stores closed all week.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2026

And the second was the directory in which the file was put ahead of publication allowed anyone to download a file directly.

From BBC • Dec. 1, 2025

DNS acts as a kind of telephone directory for the internet, instructing machines on how to find each other.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 21, 2025

Picture this: Panda Express, Jamba Juice and a combo Dunkin’-Baskin Robbins all within eyesight of one another — a food-court fever dream ripped straight from a 2003 mall directory.

From Salon • Oct. 21, 2025

Not Davy Wagner, for example: There is a whole page worth of Wagners in the directory.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse




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