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Discover LudwigThe phrase "set a direction" is correct and can be used in written English in a variety of contexts.
For example, you could say: "The new manager set a direction for the team to work towards increased success."
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He always set a direction and a tone.
You need to set a direction and then you need to calibrate it.
"Leadership implies going somewhere, so a leader needs to articulate a vision; set a direction.
Set a direction but don't micromanage give people the freedom to improvise.
When they wanted to make a change, they set a direction and it cascaded down through the firm.
We have to recover politics, which is an instrument to diminish conflicts and set a direction for the country".
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The speech sets a direction of travel.
Government doesn't do it all, but government sets a tone, sets a direction".
He says yesterday's speech sets a direction of travel for the party.
This is an elementary work aimed at setting a direction for creating design indices pertaining to deep learning.
But however it's done, setting a direction is emotionally demanding because it always involves the exercise of authority, and that inevitably arouses angst and ambivalence for both the person exercising it and the people on the receiving end.
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