In the navigation exercise, the instructor asked us to record positions using ordinal directions instead of the usual north, south, east, and west.

The hikers used the cardinal directions to navigate through the dense forest.

Before the annual review, I scheduled time with all my direct reports to set clear goals for the coming year.

The committee announced several direct cuts to the education budget, sparking protests.

The nonprofit focused its resources on several direct initiatives to improve neighborhood safety.

The party decided to hold direct primaries next spring to encourage broader voter participation.

A group of direct activists organized a peaceful blockade to draw attention to the endangered wetlands.

Many travelers prefer direct flights to avoid long layovers.

The laboratory measured several direct currents flowing through the different experimental circuits.

Linguists compared the directional cases across several Uralic languages.