directorate
noun
di·rec·tor·ate
də-ˈrek-t(ə-)rət 
dī-
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The directorate oversees the NSF’s Regional Innovation Engines program, a signature CHIPS Act funding program to grow jobs and industries with roots in emerging technologies.
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Shalin Jyotishi, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
In 1948, Kennan, then serving as director of the State Department’s Policy Planning Staff, persuaded the Truman administration to create a special directorate for covert operations against the Soviet Union and its satellites.
—Angela Stent, Foreign Affairs, 8 Dec. 2020
The intelligence directorate waited until the surviving Russians were exhausted—and then assaulted the complex with at least four separate commando teams.
—David Axe, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
An autopsy was being performed Monday, the fisheries directorate said.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 2 Sep. 2024
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Shalin Jyotishi, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
In 1948, Kennan, then serving as director of the State Department’s Policy Planning Staff, persuaded the Truman administration to create a special directorate for covert operations against the Soviet Union and its satellites.
—Angela Stent, Foreign Affairs, 8 Dec. 2020
The intelligence directorate waited until the surviving Russians were exhausted—and then assaulted the complex with at least four separate commando teams.
—David Axe, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
An autopsy was being performed Monday, the fisheries directorate said.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 2 Sep. 2024
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directorate
noun
di·rec·tor·ate
də-ˈrek-tə-rət, dī-
1
: a board of directors (as of a corporation)
2
: membership on a board of directors
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