directive
adjective
directives
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pluralof directive.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
Investigators noted that Ryanair hadn’t completed fixes to strengthen various engine components that were mandated in three separate directives by the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
"We give site owners clear controls to decide whether pages can be crawled or indexed, and we always respect those directives."
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
He had apparently been repeating these strange directives for some time, and Zeitoun had only begun to hear them.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
