directorate
noun
di·rec·tor·ate
də-ˈrek-t(ə-)rət 
dī-
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In a statement, the Abyan security directorate described a massive search-and-rescue operation given the large number of dead and missing migrants.
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CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2025
John Fortune, the Department of Homeland Security’s science and technology directorate, is leading the department’s airport passenger screening research.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2025
Faiz Ahmed Kidwai, director general of the directorate of civil aviation, told the Associated Press that the jet crashed into the residential area of Meghani Nagar five minutes after takeoff at 1:38 p.m., local time.
—Janine Henni, People.com, 12 June 2025
The plane, which was flying from Ahmedabad in western India and was bound for London's Gatwick Airport, crashed into a residential area five minutes after taking off at 1:38 p.m. local time on Thursday, Faiz Ahmed Kidwai, the director general of the directorate of civil aviation, told the AP.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 15 June 2025
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CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2025
John Fortune, the Department of Homeland Security’s science and technology directorate, is leading the department’s airport passenger screening research.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2025
Faiz Ahmed Kidwai, director general of the directorate of civil aviation, told the Associated Press that the jet crashed into the residential area of Meghani Nagar five minutes after takeoff at 1:38 p.m., local time.
—Janine Henni, People.com, 12 June 2025
The plane, which was flying from Ahmedabad in western India and was bound for London's Gatwick Airport, crashed into a residential area five minutes after taking off at 1:38 p.m. local time on Thursday, Faiz Ahmed Kidwai, the director general of the directorate of civil aviation, told the AP.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 15 June 2025
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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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