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 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 Money Metals Exchange also maintains a state-by-state resource directory covering all 50 states, with information about sales tax laws, capital gains treatment, legal tender status and local coin dealers. — Deane Biermeier, USA Today, 8 July 2026 Early American coffeehouses would commonly have city business directories, libraries of newspapers and currency exchange information. — James Doubek, NPR, 3 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for directory

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Questions about building codes Climbing through the rubble, residents questioned online the viability of their homes.

— Syra Ortiz-Blanes, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026
More quietly, the city’s Buildings Department also relaxed its interpretation of the housing codes, allowing developers to do more with interior space.

— Andrew Rice, Curbed, 23 July 2026

Definition of code

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The wave of levies will be enacted under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, a different statute from how most tariffs have previously been authorized.

— Steve Kopack, NBC news, 23 July 2026
Twice during Tuesday’s hearing lawmakers asked Kozak whether the State Department had been consulted before Noem ended Haiti’s TPS designation, as required by statute.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026

Definition of statute

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According to Bangladesh's constitution, if the president resigns, the speaker of Parliament automatically takes over the post on an interim basis until a new president is elected by lawmakers.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 July 2026
Charles then turned to the definition of the German constitution, particularly the rights of the electors, in the Golden Bull of 1356.

— Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 July 2026

Definition of constitution

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The materials prompted an investigation into whether Mission Regional Medical Center and Knapp Medical Center violated state or federal law.

— Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 July 2026
With the ruin of Troy also came the desecration of Zeus’ law, which proved dangerous to the returning Ithacans.

— Tanya Fedak, Variety, 18 July 2026

Definition of law

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Over the previous two seasons, Villa and Chelsea have both incurred fines for breaching UEFA’s squad cost rules and have sailed close to the wind with profit and sustainability regulations (PSR).

— Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 22 July 2026
State level school vouchers have enjoyed a period of growth largely free from regulation and oversight, but the advent of federal vouchers has the potential to change that.

— Peter Greene, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

Definition of regulation

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But a Canadian legislator took that idea to an embarrassing new level this week, reading an apparent LLM prompt instruction into the record during a floor speech.

— Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 24 July 2026
Each specific kind of peptide carries a different instruction, explains LaValle, who is also chair of the International Peptide Society.

— Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 24 July 2026

Definition of instruction

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According to the laws of the game, the break between halves should be no longer than 15 minutes but FIFA has been quite vague about the rules for this particular tournament.

— Ben Church, CNN Money, 19 July 2026
That allowed Max Muncy to work a walk against Jake Bird, who then surrendered a single to Kyle Tucker, an RBI ground-rule double to Teoscar Hernández, a walk to Dalton Rushing, a two-run single to Edman, and an RBI single to Ohtani.

— Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 19 July 2026

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