instruct
Example Sentences
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The breakthrough only came 12 years later, when Appeal was able to instruct scientists to take the sample and look again.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
Families described how they had to instruct solicitors, threaten court action and, as in Jacqueline's case, hire debt collectors to recoup money owed to them.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
Yet Jones didn’t instruct her to swab the plastic pill bag.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
The City Council voted 12-3 in December to instruct Feldstein Soto to “immediately” implement AB 630.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2026
Now her job was to instruct the eldest children of the Babushkinov household: twelve-year-old Veronika and the eight-year-old twin boys, Boris and Constantin.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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