instructed

Example Sentences

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The jury was instructed to return to court at 9 a.m.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2026

I have instructed the DOJ to immediately start looking into this.”

From Barron's • Jun. 24, 2026

In reality, Polymarket built near-perfect copies of its website, then instructed creators to make simulated trades on those dummy sites and hide that they were being paid by Polymarket.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 21, 2026

In practical terms, cells that would normally help form one type of tissue can be instructed to rebuild a different structure following an injury.

From Science Daily • Jun. 17, 2026

When they closed their eyes as instructed, the scratchy sounds of coloring were heard.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock