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instruct

[in-struhkt] / ɪnˈstrʌkt /




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Some of those notes might ask that they see certain evidence again, they might want to see certain transcripts, they might need the judge to instruct them on the law.

From Slate Sep. 4, 2026

If you do pay extra to speed up your loan payoff, instruct your lender to apply all extra funds directly to your principal balance immediately and to keep your next payment due date unchanged.

From MarketWatch Aug. 24, 2026

The report indicates that PM Takaichi is likely to instruct the Liberal Democratic Party to begin internal procedures, possibly as early as Thursday.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

Wright used the doorbell camera's remote intercom function to instruct the group how to enter the house and they were able to pull her to safety.

From BBC Jul. 1, 2026

Have to get over this savior complex, I instruct myself, no one wants to be rescued by a klutz.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich

While the Senate Ethics Committee instructs filers that they can use a recent tax assessment to set the worth of certain property, they must adjust it to market value if it is assessed below that.

From Salon Sep. 5, 2026

The result is a personalised anti-cancer jab which is specific to the patient's tumour and instructs the immune system to recognise and attack any tumour cells that remain.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

Their lawsuit also claims that when an account is shut down for dangerous behavior, OpenAI instructs the individual on how to resume usage, including tips on how to circumvent the 30-day suspension period.

From Barron's Jul. 7, 2026

The state even instructs county officials to accept sample ballots.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 8, 2026

"You will immerse once, then twice," she instructs me.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper

The 12-member panel appeared to nearly reach a consensus, except for a single holdout who, Reddington said, "would not apply the law of reasonable doubt" as instructed by the judge.

From BBC Sep. 8, 2026

Employees were later instructed to send her video showing their completed work.

From Salon Sep. 5, 2026

He instructed Southern postmasters to record and publicize the names of even individual subscribers to abolitionist newspapers to encourage intimidation by their neighbors and perhaps even compel them to leave the South.

From Slate Sep. 4, 2026

In the end, Grier instructed the jury that the Fugitive Slave Law should be obeyed but that individual resistance did not amount to treason.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

Finally, the White House ushers were instructed that if Guiteau appeared, “he should be quietly kept away.”

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow

They then select mutations unique to the patient’s cancer to incorporate into an mRNA molecule, which provides the genetic code instructing cells to produce proteins with those mutations.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

It’s not necessarily easy for entire school districts to shift to a new standard, given that teachers have been instructing using these calculators for years.

From MarketWatch Aug. 18, 2026

Rather than directly instructing participants to sit in a particular way, the team altered the environment so that posture changed without the participants knowing why.

From Science Daily Aug. 5, 2026

But the state’s high court overturned that decision, instructing elections officials to figure out a way to keep Daniel J. Sullivan’s name on the ballot “within the confines of existing Alaska ballot design law.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 12, 2026

He walked away and began instructing my traveling companions how to pick up a hand of bananas and carry it on their shoulders instead of their heads.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah




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