Direct
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Both words in one sentence
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Scoring Points Timed Mission - Not a direct example, but you have to race against the fluid flowing through the pipes as you lay them.
Source: Video Game / Pipe Mania - The AI also fails at realizing that indirect combat units cannot capture towns, bringing little or no direct combat units to lay siege to a town.
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The noble who swore that Princess Alisandrine will enter the chapel where she is to be crowned only over his body may lay down on the steps and direct her to step over him.
Source: Releasing from the Promise
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Lay and Direct. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/direct/lay
Direct & Lay. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/direct/lay>.
Lay or Direct. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/direct/lay.
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