directed
Americanadjective
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guided, regulated, or managed.
a carefully directed program.
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subject to direction, guidance, regulation, etc.
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pointed, aimed, or sent toward a place or object.
Rooms need to have high air exchange rates, rapid air velocities, and directed airflows to minimize particle concentration.
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Mathematics. (of an angle or vector) having positive or negative direction or orientation assigned.
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On New Year’s Eve in 2024, supervisors who had allegedly been hostile with the former chef directed her to “lift and transport heavy food items across the street and uphill without assistance,” the documents say.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2026
“On their face, therefore, the subpoenas are directed to investigating activity that is not only legal, but constitutionally protected from interference by the very federal government that issued the subpoenas,” Schiltz wrote.
From Slate • Jun. 25, 2026
"Authorities have been directed to ensure that such incidents do not happen in the future."
From BBC • Jun. 23, 2026
Trump also directed the Commerce and Defense departments to deploy quantum sensors, which use quantum mechanics to offer alternatives to traditional global-positioning systems, in the next five years.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026
Seven directed the shadow to the window, and now was the moment of truth.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
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