How to Use directive in a Sentence

directive

1 of 2 adjective

• The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the league did not make the directive public.
  — Barry Wilner, Star Tribune, 7 May 2021
• Most intriguingly, the new app will take a more directive approach to making suggestions to drivers about where to go and what to do.
  — Alexis C. Madrigal, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2018
• What followed was a flurry of directive fingers from shoppers helping guide officers to the location of all three fleeing perps.
  — Kim Fu, The Mercury News, 10 July 2019
• Garcetti signed a directive two weeks ago prohibiting all city employees from using public resources to aide federal civil immigration actions.
  — The Washington Post, The Denver Post, 1 Apr. 2017
• Yet in many organizations, traditional directive male leadership has been predominant, and their leaders do not necessarily have the skills to lead collaboratively, nurture culture change, and turn around businesses.
  — Joe Ferreira, Forbes, 7 Apr. 2021
• The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the league did not make the directive public.
  — Barry Wilner, Star Tribune, 7 May 2021
• Most intriguingly, the new app will take a more directive approach to making suggestions to drivers about where to go and what to do.
  — Alexis C. Madrigal, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2018
• What followed was a flurry of directive fingers from shoppers helping guide officers to the location of all three fleeing perps.
  — Kim Fu, The Mercury News, 10 July 2019
• Garcetti signed a directive two weeks ago prohibiting all city employees from using public resources to aide federal civil immigration actions.
  — The Washington Post, The Denver Post, 1 Apr. 2017
• Yet in many organizations, traditional directive male leadership has been predominant, and their leaders do not necessarily have the skills to lead collaboratively, nurture culture change, and turn around businesses.
  — Joe Ferreira, Forbes, 7 Apr. 2021

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directive

2 of 2 noun

• They received a written directive instructing them to develop new security measures.
• And so, that was kind of the directive of the Potomac reunion.
  — Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 25 Mar. 2024
• And the state has yet to roll out new training based on last year’s directive.
  — Edgar Sandoval, New York Times, 24 May 2023
• Their directive: two nannies on the corner of the street.
  — WIRED, 1 Nov. 2023
• In the end, Phillips said the directive for the secondary in the post-McCourty era is simple.
  — Christopher Price, BostonGlobe.com, 18 July 2023
• That directive was later extended to the end of the school year.
  — Stephanie Innes, The Arizona Republic, 15 Mar. 2023
• Her plans to move clashed with Bloomberg’s return-to-the-office directive.
  — Simon Willis, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2023
• Most of the book’s entries, one for each day of the year, appear as calm, concrete directives.
  — Clay Risen, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2023
• And every scene, if not written was at least, like, the directives were very clear.
  — Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 14 July 2023
• Tackle that one-word directive with the color of your walls.
  — Grace Haynes, Southern Living, 13 June 2023
• For Ren, 15 at the time, Abbott’s directive felt like a breaking point.
  — Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News, 11 Oct. 2023
• The source added that the round of talent cuts was not a Disney directive, and is not tied to the larger cuts at the company.
  — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 June 2023
• The new version of the code includes the following directives.
  — Erica Duecy, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
• This app is for those who thrive under strict directives.
  — Carly Olson, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2023
• Russia withdrew from the ICC treaty under a directive signed by Putin in 2016.
  — Caitlin Hu, CNN, 17 Mar. 2023
• Soon, the team had a directive: While sampling the fare at taverns, bistros and fry shacks for the 2023 national restaurant list, try to take the menus home with you.
  — Terence McGinley, New York Times, 29 Jan. 2024
• But some of it was informed by strategic top-down directives.
  — Mick Ryan, Foreign Affairs, 5 Feb. 2024
• But just like Roberts, these three directives are timeless.
  — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 6 Dec. 2023
• Thursday’s White House directive was the first in a year to address post-pandemic rules for the government.
  — Lisa Rein, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Apr. 2023
• The sources asked not to be identified as the directive was confidential.
  — Reuters Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Jan. 2024
• Those cells’ prime directive is to suss out anything foreign and destroy it so the healing process can begin.
  — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 22 Mar. 2023
• But the directive also echoes the orders Tortua heard as his children approached the razor wire.
  — USA TODAY, 21 July 2023
• Under the church’s rules, directives originating from Hubbard cannot be changed, the suit says.
  — Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Aug. 2023
• On the wedding day itself, the design directive was to create a very soft, classic aesthetic in white and green.
  — Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 16 Feb. 2024
• The central bank did not immediately comment on the directive from the court.
  — Chinedu Asadu, ajc, 4 Mar. 2023
• To meet this directive, hundreds of aquatic species were designed.
  — Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Feb. 2023
• The directive from Travis Rice, the American snowboarder who created the event, was clear.
  — Matt Ruby, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2023
• The degree to which Indian states and cities complied with this directive differs.
  — Moorthy M Nair, Quartz, 27 Jan. 2023
• Dubois received a third directive from Hiller, one that was personal and pointed.
  — Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2024
• Observers say the changes further formalized the body’s role as carrying out the directives of the Chinese Communist Party.
  — Simone McCarthy, CNN, 11 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024