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instruct

[in-struhkt] / ɪnˈstrʌkt /




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Mr. Dimon should pledge significant personal and corporate sums to help instruct and encourage these ideals.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

He called them "dangerous" and said they had prompted him to instruct some engineers at the LGBTQ+ dating app to stop using Anthropic's technology.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

Some of those notes might ask that they see certain evidence again, they might want to see certain transcripts, they might need the judge to instruct them on the law.

From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026

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

Celia cuts the deck in three without waiting for Isobel to instruct her, holding the edges of the cards carefully as she places each pile in a row across the table.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

The commentary in particular also instructs judges when they can enhance or decrease a sentence based on the facts of the case.

From Slate ● Oct. 18, 2026

The change request instructs servicers to complete the task within 15 to 45 days, the suit alleges, and yet borrowers are still seeing the debt appear on their credit reports.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 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

Their lawsuit also claims that when an account is shut down for dangerous behavior, OpenAI instructs the individual on how to resume usage, including tips on how to circumvent the 30-day suspension period.

From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026

“Keep to that,” Jones instructs Booth, lighting a small candle to illuminate Booth’s compass and pointing to the southwesterly heading.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly

Troops in Stupnikov’s battalion were instructed to surrender their phones for inspection.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

But they can only do that if they’ve got a pretty wide sweep of your digital life and are instructed to work with what they’ve got.

From Slate ● Oct. 14, 2026

Reyes had repeatedly instructed the government to notify the court and preservationists before undertaking significant work at the course.

From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026

The other received a sham treatment, meaning they went through the same training process but were instructed to maintain their natural foot angle.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

“On the corner, please,” he instructed them, and they put it down with a bang.

From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm

For instance, the line “The medicine will help you to: Kill as many myeloma cells as possible” was mistranslated as instructing the patient to somehow kill as many myeloma cells as possible.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026

He signed an executive order instructing US government departments and agencies to start using the terms "SI" and "Super Intelligence" and they should no longer acknowledge the use of the term AI.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

When the government discharges a borrower’s student loan, it sends information to the borrower’s servicer instructing it to get rid of the loans.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 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

“Yes, there was a general by the name of Sigel at Pea Ridge,” Jethro said, forgetting his anger a little in his interest in instructing the old man.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt


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