in the direction of (something)

idiom

: so as to be approaching : toward
The car was last seen headed in the direction of the stadium.

Examples of in the direction of (something) in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Step 2: Use a Tripod If it’s not already set up, mount your iPhone to a tripod and point it in the direction of the swirls. Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 25 Sep. 2024 The agent fired their service weapon in the direction of the rifle, and a witness saw a man, later identified as Routh, fleeing the area of the tree line, entering a Nissan sport utility vehicle and leaving at a high rate of speed. NBC News, 17 Sep. 2024 But in 2007, a Stanford statistician named Persi Diaconis proposed that the act of flipping a coin introduces a small wobble—a change in the direction of the axis of rotation throughout the coin's trajectory that causes a coin to spend more time in the air with the initial side facing up. Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 12 Sep. 2024 Crucially, both of the CMEs are traveling in the direction of Earth, but at different speeds. Jamie Carter, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for in the direction of (something) 

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“In the direction of (something).” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20the%20direction%20of%20%28something%29. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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