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
During the telehealth visits, staff will instruct patients on cognitive exercises, which they can then practice with the bot.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 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
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
Sandi remembered when the famous Doctor Fanning and his wife had come down to instruct the country's leading doctors on new procedures for heart surgery.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
Vocabulary lists containing instruct
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