instruct
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The City Council voted 13-0 without discussion to instruct the City Attorney to draft an ordinance for the fee hike, which will require council approval.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2026
By designing nanoparticles that instruct NK cells to recognize these harmful T cells, the scientists tested whether they could interrupt the autoimmune response.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026
Puente had said that the decision to instruct the trains to move again, without any speed restrictions, was "inexplicable".
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
Every month, you can load money that was disbursed from the 529 onto the card and instruct your niece only to use it for qualified expenses, like rent and food.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026
“How could I do the thing that I must instruct her to never do, once she knows how to understand? That’s hypocrisy, is what.”
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
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Then she instructs them in stitching techniques inspired by the traditional Japanese methods Boro and Sashiko.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
Wearing drill-sergeant regalia, Porowski instructs a group of hapless male shopper actors in such supermarket fundamentals as distinguishing celery from leeks, checking expiration dates and identifying ripe bananas.
From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026
The mailer, in English and Spanish, instructs those who got two ballots to “securely destroy the duplicate ballot” instead of returning it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
The company also instructs employees to avoid wearing anything bearing OpenAI’s logo outside of the office, my colleagues and I reported this week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
Dropping our bags, the mother hands me the baby, instructs me to look after her kids, and leads Chou to the garden.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
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Each participant was instructed to take 500 milligrams of oxaloacetate twice a day for eight weeks.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026
At the March meeting, when council members approved an antidiscrimination ordinance introduced by Councilmember Byers, the council also instructed city staff to work out the details of a potential multi-partner domestic registry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
"The prime minister... instructed us to ensure workers' rights and improve their living standards. He also instructed us to ensure that production and exports continue unhindered," Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed told reporters after the meeting.
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
Poulson’s group is instructed to stick with them, following the group in front “no matter what.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
“Let go of the man’s sleeve, dear,” Penelope instructed.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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By the end, she was instructing Tokyo to “go wee-wees” on Poehler’s table.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
Everyone in the room grabbed either shakers or a small drum, and with Densmore instructing and conducting, the ensemble conjured what he called the heartbeat of Mother Earth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
Boeing will also send a bulletin to airlines detailing the issue and instructing employees how to recognize and respond to the situation should it take place.
From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026
However, it was forced to issue a formal warning to Israeli broadcaster Kan in the lead-up to the competition after its contestant released videos instructing fans to "vote 10 times for Israel".
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Also she went to the princes of Eleusis who had built her temple and she chose one, Triptolemus, to be her ambassador to men, instructing them how to sow the corn.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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