instruct
Example Sentences
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The hidden prompts could instruct the app to scan a company’s internal systems for sensitive files and transmit them to the attacker’s server.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
The administration didn’t instruct health officials to approve Replimune’s drug, and the White House has since handed the reins to the FDA, people familiar with the events said.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026
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
He noted that recipients of a blind trust can’t instruct the trustee in asset management.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026
There Father Byrnes waited for us, waited to instruct us in the mysteries of God.
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
Vocabulary lists containing instruct
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