instructed

Example Sentences

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However, they soon tempered expectations, with Tehran cautioning a deal was "not imminent", while Trump said he had instructed his negotiators "not to rush into" one.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

The idea runs back at least to the influential 18th-century English jurist William Blackstone, who instructed that “Acts of parliament derogatory from the power of subsequent parliaments bind not.”

From Slate • May 26, 2026

Members of the press were instructed to shelter in place inside the White House briefing room.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

To limit measurement error, the two-person teams were instructed to make decisions independently, so that each of Hollywood’s 30 census tracts would, in effect, be counted twice.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

He finds a pen in a drawer and writes his own name across the page as he has been instructed.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern