How to pronounce direct
Listen to direct in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“direct” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 1000 American · 1000 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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directly affect direct purchaser actions, opt out cases, foreign direct purchaser claims and state and direct
Dept of Justice · watch from 38:22 · hear it here
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However, direct payments are a direct way of influencing things.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 48:20 · hear it here
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going to really act as a direct competitor, direct substitute.
FTC · watch from 62:05 · hear it here
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direct crash notification.
NTSB · watch from 179:28 · hear it here
Why real speech
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