instruct
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He called them "dangerous" and said they had prompted him to instruct some engineers at the LGBTQ+ dating app to stop using Anthropic's technology.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Some of those notes might ask that they see certain evidence again, they might want to see certain transcripts, they might need the judge to instruct them on the law.
From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026
If you do pay extra to speed up your loan payoff, instruct your lender to apply all extra funds directly to your principal balance immediately and to keep your next payment due date unchanged.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
“Dr. Kil did not instruct students to violate any campus policies or engage in any specific behavior,” the lawsuit states.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
However, you probably understand more about dealing with your father and mother than I do, so I won’t attempt to instruct you but will leave everything to your good judgment.
From "Stuart Little" by E.B. White
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The result is a personalised anti-cancer jab which is specific to the patient's tumour and instructs the immune system to recognise and attack any tumour cells that remain.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
The memorandum instructs banks to file suspicious activity reports with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, the U.S. government’s financial intelligence unit.
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026
Their lawsuit also claims that when an account is shut down for dangerous behavior, OpenAI instructs the individual on how to resume usage, including tips on how to circumvent the 30-day suspension period.
From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026
The Fed’s communication policy instructs officials to avoid sharing policy views with those who could profit and giving firms a “prestige advantage.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
She gathers the girls together and instructs us to sit in a circle.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
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"As soon as the minister was made aware of these issues, she instructed the director general of the Northern Ireland Prison Service to undertake an urgent investigation into these matters."
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
Dressed in full pads, we were instructed to sit in dim, dead silence, staring straight ahead, while the stereo blared “In the Air Tonight” by Phil Collins.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Another agent couldn’t find the data to create a financial model, so it instructed itself to make up the data and “be transparent only if asked.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
At one point, a Greenlandic politician told ProPublica, some schoolchildren were instructed to practice hiding under their desks in case of such an event.
From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2026
In a patient who gets only one antibiotic or inadequate doses of several, or who doesn’t take his medicine as instructed, the drug-susceptible bacilli may die off but the drug-resistant mutants will flourish.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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Burger King is instructing managers to staff front counters, while Wendy’s is reviewing its AI drive-through trials to improve service.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
It’s not necessarily easy for entire school districts to shift to a new standard, given that teachers have been instructing using these calculators for years.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
However, it was forced to issue a formal warning to Israeli broadcaster Kan in the lead-up to the competition after its contestant released videos instructing fans to "vote 10 times for Israel".
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Rather than directly instructing participants to sit in a particular way, the team altered the environment so that posture changed without the participants knowing why.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026
Forks are tapped against glasses by giggling, sari-clad mashis, instructing them when to kiss.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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