directorate
noun
di·rec·tor·ate
də-ˈrek-t(ə-)rət 
dī-
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The directorate uses social science approaches to help focus scientific research and technology on their potential uses and effects on society.
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Arthur Daemmrich, The Conversation, 17 Jan. 2025
In addition to striking that meeting of captains, the Ukrainian intelligence directorate and special operations command may have sent saboteurs to blow up a critical railroad through Tokmak on Dec. 15, reportedly destroying a fuel train in the process and disrupting Russian logistics in the area.
—David Axe, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
In 2015, then CIA Director John Brennan created a new directorate focused on digital innovation and overhauled the CIA’s structure, in part to bring digital specialists and open-source intelligence officers closer together with the CIA’s traditional collectors and analysts.
—Amy Zegart, Foreign Affairs, 16 Apr. 2019
The technology directorate, often in partnership with other divisions of NSF or with companies like Micron and Global Foundries, has expanded funding opportunities for institutions that normally get less attention from the agency, including community colleges and HBCUs.
—Shalin Jyotishi, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
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Arthur Daemmrich, The Conversation, 17 Jan. 2025
In addition to striking that meeting of captains, the Ukrainian intelligence directorate and special operations command may have sent saboteurs to blow up a critical railroad through Tokmak on Dec. 15, reportedly destroying a fuel train in the process and disrupting Russian logistics in the area.
—David Axe, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
In 2015, then CIA Director John Brennan created a new directorate focused on digital innovation and overhauled the CIA’s structure, in part to bring digital specialists and open-source intelligence officers closer together with the CIA’s traditional collectors and analysts.
—Amy Zegart, Foreign Affairs, 16 Apr. 2019
The technology directorate, often in partnership with other divisions of NSF or with companies like Micron and Global Foundries, has expanded funding opportunities for institutions that normally get less attention from the agency, including community colleges and HBCUs.
—Shalin Jyotishi, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
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directorate
noun
di·rec·tor·ate
də-ˈrek-tə-rət, dī-
1
: a board of directors (as of a corporation)
2
: membership on a board of directors
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