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  • present tense form of direct (3rd person singular).

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Their findings, published in Nature Communications, come from a study titled "Lack of Caspase 8 Directs Neuronal Progenitor-like reprogramming and Small Cell Lung Cancer Progression."

From Science Daily • Mar. 25, 2026

Newling and Mendes started researching, and discovered another out-of-print book: “John Gielgud Directs Richard Burton in Hamlet,” a fly-on-the-wall account by Richard Sterne, an ensemble actor who smuggled a tape recorder into the rehearsal room.

From New York Times • Jun. 2, 2023

Long after “Fam and Yam’s” 1960 premiere, Albee included it in a touring bill of one-acts he directed himself called “Albee Directs Albee.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2022

Directs two plays for the stage – Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs, and The Box Play – in which he first experiments with improvisation.

From The Guardian • Oct. 21, 2018

Directs the brewer to fine his beer and ale in a short time, and to cure them if prick'd or ropy.

From The Cyder-Maker's Instructor, Sweet-Maker's Assistant, and Victualler's and Housekeeper's Director In Three Parts by Chapman, Thomas



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