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Example Sentences

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The unclaimed items will be held until further instructions are received from Hull City Council.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

Giving a bot a long list of instructions will be easier than keeping track of whether it followed through correctly.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Each human cell contains about two meters of DNA, which carries the instructions needed to build proteins and control cellular processes.

From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026

Its explanation, however, in effect said that AI didn’t generate the troublesome software coding itself, but did give an engineer instructions about how to write the code — erroneously.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

My instructions from Babs are to bring a jacket and a good pair of walking shoes.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy