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instruct

[in-struhkt] / ɪnˈstrʌkt /




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Dr Kennedy said Lady Donaldson is in no fit state to instruct her lawyers, follow proceedings or give evidence.

From BBC • May 20, 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

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

It was not often that the septa was privileged to instruct a royal princess in the womanly arts, as she had said when the queen brought Myrcella to join them.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin




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