directed
adjective
di·rect·ed
də-ˈrek-təd 
dī-
1
: subject to supervision or regulation
a directed reading program for students
2
: having a positive or negative sense
directed line segment
directedness
noun
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On the film side, Barclay most recently wrote, directed and executive produced Billy Preston: That’s The Way God Planned It, a feature documentary about the life of the iconic keyboard and recording artist, which premiered at the South by Southwest Film Festive and DOC NYC.
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Denise Petski, Deadline, 26 June 2025
The film, a quiet and contemplative campus tale, isn’t the type of project that would typically elicit that level of obfuscation, but Victor — who wrote, directed and stars — felt strongly about not revealing what exactly makes the dark comedy dark.
—Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 24 June 2025
Judge Arun Subramanian will then hear a defense motion for a directed verdict of acquittal, a proceeding for which the jury won’t be present.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 23 June 2025
While simulated reasoning models like o3-pro often show measurable improvements over general-purpose models on analytical tasks, research suggests these gains come from allocating more computational resources to traverse their neural networks in smaller, more directed steps.
—ArsTechnica, 11 June 2025
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Denise Petski, Deadline, 26 June 2025
The film, a quiet and contemplative campus tale, isn’t the type of project that would typically elicit that level of obfuscation, but Victor — who wrote, directed and stars — felt strongly about not revealing what exactly makes the dark comedy dark.
—Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 24 June 2025
Judge Arun Subramanian will then hear a defense motion for a directed verdict of acquittal, a proceeding for which the jury won’t be present.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 23 June 2025
While simulated reasoning models like o3-pro often show measurable improvements over general-purpose models on analytical tasks, research suggests these gains come from allocating more computational resources to traverse their neural networks in smaller, more directed steps.
—ArsTechnica, 11 June 2025
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“Directed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/directed. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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