instruct
Example Sentences
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"Decorative lighting, garlands are not a priority," Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said in early December, instructing citizens to reduce unnecessary consumption.
From Barron's
In a state of the nation address earlier this month, he said he would instruct the justice minister to look at possible prisoner releases.
From BBC
In the lives of these two remarkable and intertwined ancient North Africans, readers will find a great deal to entertain, instruct and perhaps discomfort them.
“My lawyer instructed me to not talk about the case.”
From Los Angeles Times
He says each one "was notified by the end of May 2025, in agreement with the Solicitors Regulation Authority" and "none of them were obliged to instruct Jones Whyte".
From BBC
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