instructed

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However, they soon tempered expectations, with Tehran cautioning a deal was "not imminent", while Trump said he had instructed his negotiators "not to rush into" one.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

The idea runs back at least to the influential 18th-century English jurist William Blackstone, who instructed that “Acts of parliament derogatory from the power of subsequent parliaments bind not.”

From Slate • May 26, 2026

To limit measurement error, the two-person teams were instructed to make decisions independently, so that each of Hollywood’s 30 census tracts would, in effect, be counted twice.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

Kissei said the reversal follows discussions with Japan’s Ministry of Health, which instructed the company to include new warnings for clinicians over potentially harmful side effects with the drug’s packaging.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

When the rest had been dismissed, the General distributed typewritten forms among us and instructed us to present them at the administration barracks at 9:00.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom