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How to use the word direct in a Sentence?

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It was a direct challenge to Putin’s authority.

– State Antony J. Blinken

Found on New York Times
10 months ago

What they may have lost in print circulation they have made up for in social media clout and influence over politicians, they animate and direct the mob day by day and hour by hour.

– Brian Cathcart

Found on New York Times
10 months ago

They animate and direct the mob day by day and hour by hour.

– Brian Cathcart

Found on New York Times
10 months ago

I wanted to address my senators Cruz and Cornyn, neither of whom regrettably are in the room right now, but I would like for them to know that what happened to me I think most people in this room would agree was horrific. But it’s a direct result of the policies that they support, i nearly died on their watch, and furthermore, as a result of what happened to me, I may have been robbed of the opportunity to have children in the future.

– Amanda Zurawski

Found on CNN
12 months ago

This latest rule on nitrogen oxide emissions takes direct aim at the sort of trucks and heavy equipment that literally drive our entire economy, the same bureaucrats who can’t control inflation or secure the border want to even more closely micromanage the heavy vehicles allowed on our roads.

– Mitch McConnell

Found on CNN
12 months ago

They can’t be applied in a medical situation. They just aren’t practical, they have an ethical and personal duty to their patients to do what is best for their patients. It can at times be in direct conflict with whatever the laws are, especially if they’re vague, and most of the ob/gyns throughout the country, including in Oklahoma, are in an impossible situation.

– Molly Meegan

Found on CNN
12 months ago

If music artists were involved, they could create the background music and the lyrics, and then the AI model could be trained with content from Drake and The Weekend to replicate their voices and singing styles, aI could also have generated most of the song, lyrics and replicated the artists again based on the training data set and any prompts given to direct the AI model.

– Laylo CEO Alec Ellin

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Setting his politics aside, no one could say Marty Walsh didn’t have significant experience in negotiations and managing organizations, with 150 labor contracts expiring this year, the potential of replacing him with someone who has no direct experience handling labor disputes should be concerning.

– Bill Cassidy

Found on CNN
1 year ago

If I do the math, we got about three feet of direct precipitation that fell into the lake this year, that is fantastic, but the last two years, we also lost 2.8 feet in the summer, and we expect to lose that three feet in the desiccating summer. So now, we’re pretty much even, and that’s not a good place to be.

– Bonnie Baxter

Found on CNN
1 year ago

As a nutrition researcher who served on both the 2010 and 2020 US Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committees, I can confirm that intake of dietary sugar in the US is more than twice the recommended amount( less than 10 % of total daily caloric intake) and while the direct impact of sugar itself offers minimal, if any, nutritional benefits, it further replaces foods that do.

– Van Horn

Found on CNN
1 year ago

These guys were ahead of their time, they knew Augusta National like the back of their hand and were able to direct a golfer without any type of instrument like today’s caddies (use).

– Leon Maben

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I’ve been in touch with officials for updates and to direct any available resources we can, as we learn more, please follow the guidance of all local authorities.

– Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It is a $25,000 direct benefit to build wealth through home equity, black Residents that lived in Evanston during the period of harm, which was 1919 - 1969, or their direct descendants are eligible.

– Rue Simmons

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Beijing will have no say in the US decision to mandate the sale of TikTok, but it will retain the ultimate approval authority over such a sale, it also seems extremely unlikely that Beijing will accept any deal that removes TikTok’s algorithm[s] from its direct control and regulatory authority.

– Brock Silvers

Found on CNN
1 year ago

My estimate is about 100,000. It’s going to be havoc, you can’t just think about the direct impact of the shaking, you must also think about what will follow the shaking. There will be looting, fires, epidemics. It’s going to be terrible.

– Celal Sengor

Found on CNN
1 year ago

And also the reality of situation – it is what it is – the Packers would like to move on. They’ve let me know that in so many words. They’ve let other people know that in direct words.

– Aaron Rodgers

Found on CNN
1 year ago

In terms of community support, we have announced direct investments of over $21 million.

– Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Given the presumption that they are American citizens, a line of direct communication was established with US authorities to exchange information and dedicated to locating them. These communications are being carried out at the highest level between the State Government, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the United States Embassy in Mexico.

– Barrios Mojica

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We plan to do everything in our power to stop ConocoPhillips from doing construction in Nuiqsut this winter, we are going to continue to fight this by legal means, by direct action.

– Siqiniq Maupin

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I think it could be very important, they were present for really significant events. The special counsel will want to hear about the president’s understanding of the election results and also what happened on January 6. And they both had direct communications with him about the events preceding the riot at the Capitol.

– Timothy Heaphy

Found on CNN
1 year ago

They were present for really significant events. The special counsel will want to hear about the president’s understanding of the election results and also what happened on January 6. And they both had direct communications with him about the events preceding the riot at the Capitol.

– Timothy Heaphy

Found on CNN
1 year ago

That’s because investors are ever so slightly more worried that those are not going to be made on time, i expect that those patterns will likely grow if we get closer without any resolution. And those are direct costs to taxpayers over time because those are interest costs that the United States has to pay.

– Shai Akabas

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The finances of all of this are not entirely secured. They have tried to get a lot of foreign direct investments (FDI) to realize this project.

– Andreas Krieg

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We’re working faster. We’re ramping up the direct housing operation, we didn’t have any issues with red tape. It was our own regulations that we needed to interpret and work with local officials to be able to place trailers.

– Keith Denning

Found on CNN
1 year ago

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