instructed
Example Sentences
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"As soon as the minister was made aware of these issues, she instructed the director general of the Northern Ireland Prison Service to undertake an urgent investigation into these matters."
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
They added that the defence had been instructed by the accused "at this first opportunity, to apologise to the family of the deceased for his actions".
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
At one point, a Greenlandic politician told ProPublica, some schoolchildren were instructed to practice hiding under their desks in case of such an event.
From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2026
Another agent couldn’t find the data to create a financial model, so it instructed itself to make up the data and “be transparent only if asked.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Keeping what few wits he still had left about him, Duane flipped the cork off the flask and flung the contents in the direction of the voice just as C.C. had instructed him to do.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
