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
If his drone is shot down, he can easily turn to his fellow pilot and instruct them on where the shooter is, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
Another appears to instruct Claude Code in some cases to go “undercover” and not reveal that it is an AI when publishing code to platforms like GitHub.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
The council voted in December to instruct city agencies to produce those reports within 30 days.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026
I instruct him in epistemics, and he learns his own lessons in government.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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