instructed

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The committee has also instructed officers to ring-fenced about £10,000 for the provision of slow cookers, electric blankets, warm clothing and other consumables.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

“He immediately understood the magnitude of the World Cup and instructed his administration to help. We’re talking about the most powerful country in the world, and there are things that must be taken into account.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Foreign Minister Winston Peters's office confirmed the ban and said he instructed the the nation's diplomats "to express concern at this departure from past practice and to better understand it."

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

A worker who answered the company’s main number in May instructed the Journal to email written questions, but no one responded.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

I drew the gate across and pushed all the buttons just as Miss Buckner instructed.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu