instructed

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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

That study also suggested a possible way forward: Students who used a version of ChatGPT instructed not to give answers and fed with problems from teachers saw almost no drop-off.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

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

As for us, we tried staying indoors and playing Lotería like Mamá instructed.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall