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as in instructions
a statement of what to do that must be obeyed by those concerned
the company president regularly issues directives intended for all staff members
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as in decrees
an order publicly issued by an authority
a directive issued by the archbishop that is to be read during Sunday services at every parish
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as in memorandums
a written communication giving information or directions
a growing stack of unread directives from the company's senior vice president
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Recent Examples of directives
Trump’s order rolled back the executive directives that guided those regulations, but the regulations themselves remain in place.
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Alex Wigglesworth,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
The Labor Department said states would receive further directives in coming weeks.
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ABC News,
17 June 2026
But with Trump taking office for his second nonconsecutive term last January, several Hollywood studios and media companies have followed his administration’s directives on rolling back DEI.
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Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
13 June 2026
The Brennan Center's Goitein said the law makes clear that the program's existing certifications and directives remain in force until their expiration date, regardless of whether Section 702 lapses.
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Caitlin Yilek,
CBS News,
12 June 2026
Quicken LifeHub is a life organization system that stores key information for your family, including wills, health directives, internet passwords, travel documents and emergency health information.
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Amy Deyoung,
USA Today,
12 June 2026
The best civic instincts often show up locally rather than through big national directives.
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Belonging Forum,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
According to Kim, Ba didn’t follow safety directives issued by Musk.
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Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
12 June 2026
Under Miami’s governance structure, city commissioners are supposed to issue directives through the city manager.
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Miami Herald,
9 June 2026
Alex Wigglesworth,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
The Labor Department said states would receive further directives in coming weeks.
—
ABC News,
17 June 2026
But with Trump taking office for his second nonconsecutive term last January, several Hollywood studios and media companies have followed his administration’s directives on rolling back DEI.
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Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
13 June 2026
The Brennan Center's Goitein said the law makes clear that the program's existing certifications and directives remain in force until their expiration date, regardless of whether Section 702 lapses.
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Caitlin Yilek,
CBS News,
12 June 2026
Quicken LifeHub is a life organization system that stores key information for your family, including wills, health directives, internet passwords, travel documents and emergency health information.
—
Amy Deyoung,
USA Today,
12 June 2026
The best civic instincts often show up locally rather than through big national directives.
—
Belonging Forum,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
According to Kim, Ba didn’t follow safety directives issued by Musk.
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Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
12 June 2026
Under Miami’s governance structure, city commissioners are supposed to issue directives through the city manager.
—
Miami Herald,
9 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for directives
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For large populations, use a product containing spinosad, bifenthrin or Bacillius thurgiensis, according to label instructions.
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The Court also decided on Monday not to grant a retrial to a man convicted in a notorious decades-old cold case, reversing a decision that determined the jurors who convicted Pedro Hernandez of killing Etan Patz more than 40 years ago received improper instructions.
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The artists were protesting the approval of two decrees that regulate and censor artists not affiliated with state institutions, and penalize freedom of expression and independent journalism.
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Editors also printed speeches of major national and state political leaders as well as significant government documents, including sessions of state legislatures and governors’ decrees.
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No formal deal exists yet, and Fortune noted there may not even be signed memoranda.
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The visit, led by officials tied to the White House’s energy policy apparatus, is expected to produce memorandums of understanding covering oil and key minerals such as gold, aluminum and possibly coal.
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Getty Images for Ascot Racecourse The highly agile Getty shooter Alan Crowhurst has done us a great favor by bringing concrete cloakroom evidence of the many social and administrative challenges that the (famous) Royal Ascot costume edicts require in order to be properly met.
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The age of the Germanic male genius delivering edicts from on high has run its course.
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The Haitian Bridge Alliance, a rights group that advocates for Haitians immigrants, urged the Supreme Court to reject the government’s ask to end TPS and affirm lower court’s rulings upholding the protections.
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The lawful pathways, including defamation rulings, court orders, the DMCA, privacy laws such as the GDPR and the CCPA, and platform policy enforcement, typically fall within the attorney's territory rather than the agency's.
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The forms require immigrants to respond to allegations contained in their notices to appear, the charging documents used by DHS to initiate removal proceedings.
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That’s why federal notices of funding opportunities are typically open for 60 days, per HHS policy.
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EarthJustice alleged that the orders override decisions made in the interest of customers by power companies, grid operators and state utility regulators to retire the plants, according to Post-Tribune archives.
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Engineers then handed the satellite over to Firefly Aerospace, which integrated the payload with its Alpha rocket and successfully launched it just 27 hours after receiving orders from the Space Force.
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Andy Burnham, the charismatic former mayor of Greater Manchester, once rebuffed the idea that government decisions should be swayed by investors in its ballooning pile of debt.
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Ippei Naoi | Getty Images Investors continue to rely on professional financial advisers for their final investment decisions, even as artificial intelligence becomes more widely used in the initial stages of research, according to a survey by HSBC.
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“Directives.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/directives. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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