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How to use the word directly in a Sentence?

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Issues and disagreements can only be resolved through effective communication. Therefore, if I have unintentionally offended you in any way, I would appreciate it if you could express your feelings directly. It's possible that I may not be aware of the impact of my actions, as I'm not able to read minds. If you are concerned about a negative reaction, feel free to discuss the matter with someone you trust, who can convey your thoughts to me without causing conflict. Open and honest communication is key to understanding and resolving any potential issues.

– Christen Kuikoua

added by ChristenKuikouafans
1 month ago

The Union was formed by the voluntary agreement of the states; and these, in uniting together, have not forfeited their nationality, nor have they been reduced to the condition of one and the same people. If one of the states chooses to withdraw from the compact, it would be difficult to disapprove its right of doing so, and the Federal Government would have no means of maintaining its claims directly either by force or right.

– Alexis de Tocqueville

added by Normando
11 months ago

Every company that intends to grow, should directly address the barriers to scaling.

– Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

added by Susanreyes83sc
11 months ago

We know that exposure through the media – which can happen across many different outlets, with the swipe of a finger or a ding on your phone – to some type of traumatic event can result in someone experiencing an acute stress reaction and can trigger underlying post-traumatic stress they may have from something else, so certainly, that constant exposure can be escalating and activating people even when they don’t experience something directly.

– Leah Brogan

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I want to speak directly to whoever the shooter is, turn yourself in. The best thing for you to do is to turn yourself in. We know that this will not end well. The best case scenario is for you to turn yourself in and stop this.

– Paul Humphrey

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Having a war reserve stockpile is crucial and meaningful for Taiwan, even if United States does not want to intervene directly with military force, those kinds of stockpiles can still be very effective for our defense.

– Lee Hsi-min

Found on CNN
1 year ago

There is no value in not directly preparing communities of color, the government already underserves them. Do they also need to be underserved by humanity ?

– Chauncia Willis

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We continue to see a lot of promise in appealing directly to voters who are so with us on this on the issue.

– American Civil Liberties Union

Found on CNN
1 year ago

If Akhil Vyas are looking to buy tickets for matches in the Premier League Akhil Vyas should buy them directly from Premier League Clubs, a ‘ ticket tout ’( also known as a ‘ scalper ’) sells match tickets without authorisation, often at vastly inflated prices.

– Premier League

Found on CNN
1 year ago

If AAV2 directly caused hepatitis, one would expect more cases to have been reported.

– Frank Tacke

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Whether you’re a business that works directly with gun manufacturers, sells guns or are a grocery store, gun violence comes to your front door, as a business, you have a responsibility to keep your customers, employees and communities safe.

– Igor Volksy

Found on CNN
1 year ago

That can’t be a footnote; it can’t be an afterthought, i’m speaking specifically, directly to both GOP and Democratic politicians: Be mindful of the words that you use. Because the words you use can have real world impacts on the bodies of Asian American people on the streets.

– Charles Jung

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I can not say the presence of such ingredients directly leads to the emergence/presence of extraterrestrial life, but at least their components such as amino acids and nucleobases may be present everywhere in space.

– Yasuhiro Oba

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I’ve listened to Michael Cohen stand in front of the courthouse and say things that are directly contrary to what he said to us.

– Robert Costello

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Remember, we also have a select committee on the weaponization of government, this applies directly to that. I think you’ll see actions from them.

– Kevin McCarthy

Found on CNN
1 year ago

By exercising collective self-defence, Japan will directly participate in a war, i’m afraid that Japan’s spirit is approaching its most dangerous stage in the past 100 years.

– Kenzaburo Oe

Found on CNN
1 year ago

If you want to keep it minimal, you’ve got to reduce the chaos inside your bag, there are tons of packing cubes on the market, but [some] have nifty hooks that let you hang them up directly, saving time and keeping you extra-organized. I’ve been known to use spare dust bags to achieve a similar effect in a pinch, but once you get the real deal, there’s no going back.

– Paige Nichols

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Ethical governance in practice is still confined to traditional medical, scientific, as well as educational, establishments. The new measures fail to directly address how privately funded research and other … ventures will be monitored.

– Joy Zhang

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Alexseyev is very high on the food chain, i think he can report directly to (Nikolai) Patrushev.

– Christo Grozev

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We launched Bud Light Seltzer with the Bud Light name in 2020 because it came with immediate benefits in terms of recognizability and distribution, understandably, it comes with some confusion that we need to make sure we hit directly on to make sure people are very clear whats in our product.

– Bud Light Seltzer

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Given the number of people that are eligible for statins, which are tens of millions of patients already, the number of people who cannot tolerate statins is in the millions, this is a big public health problem and I think we’ve come up with something that directly addresses this.

– Steven Nissen

Found on CNN
1 year ago

After it was discovered how poorly managed this thing was run – after one of the student lenders went bankrupt – they had this idea and noticed that it would actually be cheaper for the federal government to just lend directly to students and parents.

– Elizabeth Shermer

Found on CNN
1 year ago

These cells directly address inflammation, they have little receptors for these inflammatory substances – some of them are called interleukins, and there’s other kinds.

– Emerson Perin

Found on CNN
1 year ago

While other work has also linked cannabis with CAD, there are several potential confounders that may explain this relationship. Our MR analysis suggests this relationship may be directly causal.

– Ishan Paranjpe

Found on CNN
1 year ago

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