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instruct

[in-struhkt] / ɪnˈstrʌkt /




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I then instruct the fact-checker to build a table that lists all the facts it’s checking and mark each one as “true,” “false,” “ambiguous” or “unsupported.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

A golf academy on-site emphasizes positive experiences as coaches instruct children 3 and up.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 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

Geofence warrants instruct technology companies to turn over data about any of their users who passed through a given geographic radius during a particular window of time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

They have been employed to instruct us in the whole range of our institutional virtues, from the White House to your neighborhood savings bank.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas




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