instruct
Example Sentences
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According to an internal National Park Service directive obtained by the Washington Post, staffers are instructed to ask visiting groups, “How many people visiting are not U.S. citizens or residents?”
From Los Angeles Times
The motion instructs county counsel to draft an ordinance for board consideration within 30 days.
From Los Angeles Times
It instructs prosecutors to “immediately refer the case” to be considered for the diversions program “prior to any filing action.”
A spokesperson for Attorney General Pam Bondi said she had “instructed her U.S. Attorneys to prioritize investigating any abuse of taxpayer dollars,” in a statement to the Associated Press.
From Salon
A spokesman for Attorney General Pam Bondi declined to comment on the probe but said she “has instructed her U.S. attorneys to prioritize investigating any abuses of taxpayer dollars.”
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