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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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There are also suggestions Timms could propose a new PIP eligibility test to reduce access, external, although he was not specifically instructed to find savings.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

Amid the interruptions, the chair briefly suspended the session and instructed both countries' representatives to return to their places.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

He instructed Nuñez “to take all necessary steps to ensure full transparency about the failures in planning and intelligence-gathering that led to the violence,” the statement said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

But they can only do that if they’ve got a pretty wide sweep of your digital life and are instructed to work with what they’ve got.

From Slate ● Oct. 14, 2026

Adams instructed his beloved Abigail to start saving all his letters even before the outbreak of the war for independence.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis