instruct
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The hidden prompts could instruct the app to scan a company’s internal systems for sensitive files and transmit them to the attacker’s server.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
For example, users might instruct their agents to root out risks created by being overly concentrated in one part of the market, or monitor a basket of promising semiconductor stocks.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
While weighing up whether to instruct Kavanagh to take a trip to the sidelines, England also looked at potential fouls by Trossard on Pablo and Declan Rice on Crysencio Summerville.
From BBC • May 10, 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
There Father Byrnes waited for us, waited to instruct us in the mysteries of God.
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
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