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instructed

  • past participle
    of instruct.
    instruct
    verb (used with object)
    to furnish with knowledge, especially by a systematic method; teach; train; educate.
  • past tense form
    of instruct.
    instruct
    verb (used with object)
    to furnish with knowledge, especially by a systematic method; teach; train; educate.

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Carney instructed his special envoy to Europe to "scope out the most ambitious possibilities short of full membership", the paper reported.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

According to investigators, she gave her driver money and instructed him to give it to a performer.

From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026

Jurors told the judge twice before that they were unable to reach a verdict, but were instructed to keep deliberating.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

He instructed Southern postmasters to record and publicize the names of even individual subscribers to abolitionist newspapers to encourage intimidation by their neighbors and perhaps even compel them to leave the South.

From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026

After I was rushed offstage by Chief Crowe, she instructed two ladies in gray suits to bring me to a door marked Conference Room.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston