instruct

Example Sentences

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Yet Jones didn’t instruct her to swab the plastic pill bag.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Some had to instruct lawyers and debt collectors and pursue taking a civil case against the operator, which runs a home which was at the centre of an undercover BBC investigation last year.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

The council voted in December to instruct city agencies to produce those reports within 30 days.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026

The update will allow users to instruct Qwen to carry out tasks like ordering groceries and booking flights, without having to leave the app.

From Barron's • Jan. 15, 2026

If they notice something interesting, they will instruct us to move in the direction of it in order to be able to further investigate it.

From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga