directive
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While both are legally binding, there is also a difference between a “do not resuscitate” directive and an advanced healthcare directive.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
“The parents learn the value of those interactions with their children. The importance of spending time truly talking, not just directive talk … but open-ended questions, using songs and rhymes, storytelling, descriptive language.”
From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026
They explain that "troops were told to 'cease activity' with immediate effect after commanding officers received a directive to halt 'collective training' unless their units were about to be deployed".
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
She provided no reason for the directive but said she would “circle back if the guidance changes.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Thirty- year-old Cesare Milani in the Italian boat shouted the same directive to his stroke, Enrico Garzelli.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
Other students have also brought cases across the country, but different directives have been issued, adding to the confusion.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Filippi also claims he refused to comply with directives that he believed would put passengers in harm’s way and said that Kettle downplayed risks or dismissed them outright.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
To be sure, the president and the executive branch are charged with lawfully implementing congressional directives about the dispersal of appropriated funds.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
“If you don’t have an estate plan with medical directives, you might be kept alive by artificial means, even if you’ve told everyone in the family you don’t want this to happen.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
Burnham issued stern directives to Olmsted and Ferris and to every contractor still at work.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
Vocabulary lists containing directive
"When Do Kids Become Adults?" by Laurence Steinberg, et al.
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