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instruct

[in-struhkt] / ɪnˈstrʌkt /




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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

“Now…. I have the chance to fly and instruct fighter pilots again!”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

I then instruct the fact-checker to build a table that lists all the facts it’s checking and mark each one as “true,” “false,” “ambiguous” or “unsupported.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

While weighing up whether to instruct Kavanagh to take a trip to the sidelines, England also looked at potential fouls by Trossard on Pablo and Declan Rice on Crysencio Summerville.

From BBC • May 10, 2026

Claudius led me to the stage, the broad foyer where Hamlet often passed and the very place where I had watched him instruct the players.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein




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