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as in edict
a statement of what to do that must be obeyed by those concerned
needed an administrative assistant who was good at following instructions
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as in teaching
the act or process of imparting knowledge or skills to another
the view that the instruction of our nation's youth should be our highest priority
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Recent Examples of instruction
The lineup for the festival itself — as well as ticketing instructions and other information — will be announced at a later date.
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Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 6 Jan. 2026
Store them physically along with any instructions and receipts of you buying crypto with your estate paperwork.
—Kim Komando The Kim Komando Show, FOXNews.com, 6 Jan. 2026
That was the first full school year after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, when many schools shifted entirely to remote instruction.
—Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 6 Jan. 2026
This is sometimes because there are too many different data formats being retrieved, and sometimes because the human who is prompting the AI model has not written good instructions.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 6 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for instruction
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Trump’s edict was light on details — and the shares pared those losses in later trading — but the message was sent.—
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The Gospel of Matthew, McGowan said, recounts how King Herod – upon learning that a child born in Bethlehem was destined to one day take his throne – issued an edict for all male children in the city to be executed.—
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Hurley, a 30-year-old librarian librarian from Berkeley, California, went into teaching mode.—
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The preacher and the doctrine Rusty Yates was a follower of Woroniecki, who regularly traveled to college campuses and large events to spread his teachings, which would profoundly shape the Yates family’s worldview.—
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At a moment of increasing niche-ification of the news media business, Axel Springer is running in the opposite direction.—
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Automation can go in either of these directions; that’s why the task of the left is to create social and cultural conditions in which the benign and constructive aspects of technology and automation are primary.—
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Many young consumers, already juggling high costs for food, rent, and education, and crushed by an unsympathetic labor market, are entering adulthood with the self-care budget of a socialite twice their age.—
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The food hub's work now focuses more on education.—
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The company was also working with Transport for London on a double-decker electric bus, but the agency has yet to place an order.—
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Cureate does not warehouse or distribute food products, the company buys purchases the food order and the farmer delivers it to the customer, Bryden said.—
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That’s because Greenlanders currently have Danish citizenship and access to the Danish welfare system, including free health care and schooling.—
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Acquire new skills in programs or with more schooling to address skills gaps.—
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The letter details other claims of favoritism and disregard for recent board directives to curb spending, like attempting to hire for vacant positions and authorizing overtime expenditures despite the hiring and overtime freeze enacted in the board approved fiscal solvency plan.—
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The Licensed Child Care Association of Oklahoma filed a suit against DHS, seeking a temporary restraining order against the directive.—
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In addition to their request for an injunction, both states on Monday sought to consolidate their lawsuit with the case brought by Revolution Wind’s developers.—
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Homeowners say they were not informed Deputies were called to the area as a coalition of 140 homeowners secured an injunction to stop construction on their side streets.—
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“Instruction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/instruction. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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