Direct
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Both words in one sentence
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Although the civilian occupation of the Netherlands opened the door to the SiPo exercising direct control over the Dutch Police, the SiPo did not act against the country's Jews and Romani until 1943.
Source: Useful Notes / The Holocaust -
In Arkham Horror, failing to seal enough portals before too many have opened will result in the Big Bad of the session to break through and the players facing it in direct combat.
Source: Hopeless Boss Fight - Miller stiffened and opened her eyes to a dull, direct stare.
Source: Literature / Miriam
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Opened and Direct. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/direct/opened
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Opened or Direct. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/direct/opened.
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