directorate
noun
di·rec·tor·ate
də-ˈrek-t(ə-)rət 
dī-
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At the White House, Sullivan had already set up a new directorate at the National Security Council focused on advanced chips, quantum computing, and other cutting-edge tech.
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Issie Lapowsky, WIRED, 10 Oct. 2024
The Ministry has directorates focused on health-care services and research but no division focused on public health, which, under usual circumstances, would be responsible for disease surveillance and the detection, control, and elimination of infectious disease outbreaks.
—T. Jacob John, Foreign Affairs, 11 Sep. 2020
The directorate oversees the NSF’s Regional Innovation Engines program, a signature CHIPS Act funding program to grow jobs and industries with roots in emerging technologies.
—Shalin Jyotishi, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
In 1948, Kennan, then serving as director of the State Department’s Policy Planning Staff, persuaded the Truman administration to create a special directorate for covert operations against the Soviet Union and its satellites.
—Angela Stent, Foreign Affairs, 8 Dec. 2020
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Issie Lapowsky, WIRED, 10 Oct. 2024
The Ministry has directorates focused on health-care services and research but no division focused on public health, which, under usual circumstances, would be responsible for disease surveillance and the detection, control, and elimination of infectious disease outbreaks.
—T. Jacob John, Foreign Affairs, 11 Sep. 2020
The directorate oversees the NSF’s Regional Innovation Engines program, a signature CHIPS Act funding program to grow jobs and industries with roots in emerging technologies.
—Shalin Jyotishi, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
In 1948, Kennan, then serving as director of the State Department’s Policy Planning Staff, persuaded the Truman administration to create a special directorate for covert operations against the Soviet Union and its satellites.
—Angela Stent, Foreign Affairs, 8 Dec. 2020
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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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