instruct
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ChatGPT-maker OpenAI has had to instruct some of its AI tools to stop talking about "goblins", after finding the term had randomly crept into responses.
From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026
Families described how they had to instruct solicitors, threaten court action and, as in Jacqueline's case, hire debt collectors to recoup money owed to them.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
Yet Jones didn’t instruct her to swab the plastic pill bag.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
Another appears to instruct Claude Code in some cases to go “undercover” and not reveal that it is an AI when publishing code to platforms like GitHub.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
For once he had no words to instruct our minds and improve our souls, no parable that would turn Ruth May’s death by snakebite into a lesson on the Glory of God.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
Vocabulary lists containing instruct
"The Crucible" -- Vocabulary from all 4 Acts
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"The Crucible" -- Vocabulary from Act 3
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Words to Know and Academic Words, Unit 5
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