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instruct

[in-struhkt] / ɪnˈstrʌkt /




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If you do pay extra to speed up your loan payoff, instruct your lender to apply all extra funds directly to your principal balance immediately and to keep your next payment due date unchanged.

From MarketWatch Aug. 24, 2026

“Dr. Kil did not instruct students to violate any campus policies or engage in any specific behavior,” the lawsuit states.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 30, 2026

While the Fed’s rules don’t flatly forbid closed-door meetings, they instruct officials to avoid sharing personal policy views with anyone who could profit financially unless those views are already public.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

It has also asked the court to instruct Canadian immigration authorities to allow Partey to submit a new visa application.

From BBC Jun. 16, 2026

I am at the end of this book; there are no further leaves to write upon, but the stubs of that quire I tore out to instruct my friends in writing.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

The key line instructs them to "make every effort to maintain social order and ensure stability and public confidence in the disaster areas".

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

Google's statement said the company prevents "image creation on harmful topics" and its AI policy instructs users against "misinformation, misrepresentation or misleading activities."

From Barron's Jul. 31, 2026

The memorandum instructs banks to file suspicious activity reports with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, the U.S. government’s financial intelligence unit.

From Salon Jul. 23, 2026

Choreographer Madeline Hollander closes her red notebook and instructs the dancers to start from the beginning.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 4, 2026

The crisp, female voice instructs us to lock the door to whatever room we are in from the inside, cover the windows, and sit quietly until the alarms no longer sound.

From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth

Then, Grossman was paired with Zoe Wohlfeld and instructed to imitate boiling milk.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

Prime Minister Sharif expressed his "deep sorrow and heartfelt regret" over the hospital fire, and instructed the authorities to "conduct an immediate investigation", according to the statement from his office.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

However, if your friend has texts, emails, voicemail messages or even notes made around the time he instructed the lawyer not to settle, those could help corroborate his account.

From MarketWatch Aug. 26, 2026

In early July, high schools had been instructed to prepare for the measure's implementation in September, ahead of its adoption by parliament later that month.

From Barron's Aug. 24, 2026

He instructed Nhamo to have everything ready to leave the next morning.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

They then select mutations unique to the patient’s cancer to incorporate into an mRNA molecule, which provides the genetic code instructing cells to produce proteins with those mutations.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

It’s not necessarily easy for entire school districts to shift to a new standard, given that teachers have been instructing using these calculators for years.

From MarketWatch Aug. 18, 2026

In a statement later that evening, Bass said she was instructing city attorneys to explore legal options against Lineage.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

Rather than directly instructing participants to sit in a particular way, the team altered the environment so that posture changed without the participants knowing why.

From Science Daily Aug. 5, 2026

Aslan was busy all that day instructing the new King and Queen and doing other important things, and could not attend to “poor old Brandy.”

From "The Magician's Nephew" by C. S. Lewis




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