instructed

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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

The city's governor then instructed the police to "implement the court decision", according to a statement from his office.

From BBC • May 24, 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

If she had fired her retrorockets when originally instructed to, she would have been pushed farther out into space without a way to return.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson