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instruct

[in-struhkt] / ɪnˈstrʌkt /




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You don’t enjoy clicking around a bunch looking for a table, so you instruct an agent to do it for you.

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 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

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

The San Francisco company, founded in 2022, enables engineers to instruct software in English to run coding tasks autonomously.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026

They began to plan people’s lives and libraries; they began to instruct and push about the very people who had come to Mars to get away from being instructed and ruled and pushed about.

From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury

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 result is a personalised anti-cancer jab which is specific to the patient's tumour and instructs the immune system to recognise and attack any tumour cells that remain.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

Another charge instructs lawmakers to examine ways to educate Texans about their right to practice their religion “in all settings, including, but not limited to: education, workplace, government, and healthcare.”

From Salon ● Jul. 31, 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

“Well, if it does,” instructs the parrot, “write down everything it says.”

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

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

In Riyadh, home to a large number of non-Saudis, diplomats were instructed to shelter in place in their respective embassies, diplomats told AFP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

The judge instructed the state Department of Correction to maintain “anything that was in the actual room” where the execution was supposed to take place.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

“Tomorrow morning, come to the river’s edge, where the stepping stones are,” he instructed her.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el

The president assured them that the government would spare no effort to obtain a general pardon for him, instructing diplomatic channels to engage Saudi authorities.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Burger King is instructing managers to staff front counters, while Wendy’s is reviewing its AI drive-through trials to improve service.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 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

A sailor ran through the heaps of refugees, instructing everyone to put on life vests.

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys




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