Thesaurus results for DIRECTORY

noun

Definition of directory

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a book that contains mandates and instructions for actions or conduct

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Recent Examples of directory The ban won’t cover online encyclopedias, educational or scientific directories. — ABC News, 21 July 2026 The ban won’t cover online encyclopedias, educational or scientific directories, or platforms for the development and sharing of open-source software. — Samuel Petrequin, Fortune, 20 July 2026 According to an online school directory, Ramian was a special education teacher at Portage High School. — Amy Lavalley, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026 Some places, including North Carolina, Texas and Florida, maintain directories of private schools that name each school’s main contact. — Mollie Simon, ProPublica, 16 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for directory

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Mayne said the rule will require bar codes on every batch of produce, so contamination can be tracked within 24 hours to its source, whether that's a specific field or washing facility.

— Yuki Noguchi, NPR, 20 Aug. 2026
One giant impact The researchers began by creating impact scenarios for Deimos using a computer code called the Bern Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics, or SPH.

— Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of code

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The Kenosha County District Attorney's Office is charging Frank McGrath with two felony counts of misconduct in public office, in violation of Wisconsin statute.

— Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
Hernandez was charged with two counts of misconduct of a ship officer resulting in death under the seaman’s manslaughter statute and released on a $50,000 bond at his presentment in Manhattan federal court two days after the incident.

— Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 20 Aug. 2026

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Forte has always had something of a cartoon-ready constitution, with his rubbery physicality and goofball charm.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2026
Lessons related to Afghanistan's civic and national life received less attention, including discussions of Parliament, the Loya Jirga, or grand assembly, the previous government's constitution and other political institutions.

— Fatima Faizi, NPR, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of constitution

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The justice ministry rejected the criticism, saying the proceedings complied with Syrian law and included the participation of victims and their representatives.

— Paula Hancocks, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026
Compared with federal law and that of other states, New York has uncommonly strong protections for defendants facing multiple prosecutions — though they are not guaranteed.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of law

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The central midfielder was banned for breaching anti-doping regulations for an initial four years in February 2024.

— Nnamdi Onyeagwara, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
Deadly fires, often linked to electrical faults or gas cylinder explosions, are common in India where investigators have frequently pointed to safety lapses and inadequate enforcement of fire regulations as contributing to recurring loss of life.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of regulation

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So, there was no real risk that a court AI system might confuse any of Elliott’s prompts as instructions from the court directing an AI model on how to read Elliott’s filings.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 14 Aug. 2026
Two of his landmark papers, published in 2025 and 2026 in Science, point to a radical redistribution of the cells that make up the body as mammals age, and describe some of the epigenomic instructions that guide this process.

— Ingrid Wickelgren, Quanta Magazine, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of instruction

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Critics dismissed the polls, held in phases in December and January, as a sham designed to consolidate the military’s grip on power while ostensibly restoring civilian rule.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
For the first time, after decades of brutal Assad rule – by both Bashar al-Assad and his father, Hafez al-Assad before him - the model of impunity in Syria has been broken, even if the penalty is unlikely to ever be carried out.

— Paula Hancocks, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026

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