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[in-struhk-shuhn] / ɪnˈstrʌk ʃən /




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The answer is the academy he now runs with Dre Comers, located near Metro’s Chinatown station, providing art instruction to tens of thousands of people.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

“Maybe it’s better to have more contained instruction, more time with the tools, more time learning on an individual pace with AI,” Ben Horowitz, co-founder of venture-capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, told The Wall Street Journal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Israel’s flagship airline, El Al, said it wouldn’t allow passengers to bring checked or carry-on luggage at the instruction of security officials.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

"If a job can be followed to the letter like an instruction, a robot or computer can probably do it. If it needs problem-solving, judgement or emotional understanding, it needs a human," he says.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

This adapted feature would then be transmitted to the finch’s offspring by instruction, and their beaks would harden as well, having been pre-adapted to the harder seeds by their parents.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

In the detailed written instructions given to the young women who worked without pay in the then-Reverend Chris Brain's house, there was a revealing demand.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

It comes one day after the company said it scrapped a new version of Astra because it often ignored instructions.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

This is one of the fundamental — not teachings but instructions of the Bible.

From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026

A website or email can contain hidden prompts telling the bots to ignore instructions and send personal data to hacker accounts instead.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

I listened carefully while Hugo gave me some instructions.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler




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