as in directions
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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Recent Examples of instructions
For large populations, use a product containing spinosad, bifenthrin or Bacillius thurgiensis, according to label instructions.
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Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 22 June 2026
The Court also decided on Monday not to grant a retrial to a man convicted in a notorious decades-old cold case, reversing a decision that determined the jurors who convicted Pedro Hernandez of killing Etan Patz more than 40 years ago received improper instructions.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 22 June 2026
Someone needs to keep up with the doctors’ reports and instructions, and pick up any medicines that may be prescribed.
—Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 22 June 2026
Respect posted signs and staff and ranger instructions.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 June 2026
Mills founded Watch Duty in 2021 after not receiving official alerts or evacuation instructions when a fire burned near his Northern California home.
—ABC News, 22 June 2026
In essence, the DPP would provide both consumers and regulators a detailed view of a product’s entire life cycle, accounting not just for its origins and end-of-life instructions but also for its environmental impact.
—Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 22 June 2026
Siobhan mostly rolls with Lily’s choices, while realizing the night shift isn’t getting instructions, and trying to solve the problem.
—Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 16 June 2026
Instead the same basic production system can be adapted for different vaccines by changing the genetic instructions the vaccine carries.
—Paul Adepoju, Scientific American, 14 June 2026
Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 22 June 2026
The Court also decided on Monday not to grant a retrial to a man convicted in a notorious decades-old cold case, reversing a decision that determined the jurors who convicted Pedro Hernandez of killing Etan Patz more than 40 years ago received improper instructions.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 22 June 2026
Someone needs to keep up with the doctors’ reports and instructions, and pick up any medicines that may be prescribed.
—Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 22 June 2026
Respect posted signs and staff and ranger instructions.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 June 2026
Mills founded Watch Duty in 2021 after not receiving official alerts or evacuation instructions when a fire burned near his Northern California home.
—ABC News, 22 June 2026
In essence, the DPP would provide both consumers and regulators a detailed view of a product’s entire life cycle, accounting not just for its origins and end-of-life instructions but also for its environmental impact.
—Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 22 June 2026
Siobhan mostly rolls with Lily’s choices, while realizing the night shift isn’t getting instructions, and trying to solve the problem.
—Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 16 June 2026
Instead the same basic production system can be adapted for different vaccines by changing the genetic instructions the vaccine carries.
—Paul Adepoju, Scientific American, 14 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for instructions
Noun
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This speed is especially useful during swarm attacks, when many drones might come from different directions at once.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
23 June 2026
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Highway 9 was closed in both directions for about three hours as police recovered the vehicle and processed the scene.—
Cecilio Padilla,
CBS News,
23 June 2026
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EarthJustice alleged that the orders override decisions made in the interest of customers by power companies, grid operators and state utility regulators to retire the plants, according to Post-Tribune archives.—
Maya Wilkins,
Chicago Tribune,
22 June 2026
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Engineers then handed the satellite over to Firefly Aerospace, which integrated the payload with its Alpha rocket and successfully launched it just 27 hours after receiving orders from the Space Force.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
22 June 2026
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Getty Images for Ascot Racecourse The highly agile Getty shooter Alan Crowhurst has done us a great favor by bringing concrete cloakroom evidence of the many social and administrative challenges that the (famous) Royal Ascot costume edicts require in order to be properly met.—
Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
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The age of the Germanic male genius delivering edicts from on high has run its course.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
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Trump’s order rolled back the executive directives that guided those regulations, but the regulations themselves remain in place.—
Alex Wigglesworth,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
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The Labor Department said states would receive further directives in coming weeks.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 June 2026
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Paxton filed a lawsuit against Galveston ISD after the school board voted against placing the commandments in classrooms.—
Haajrah Gilani,
Houston Chronicle,
7 May 2026
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Consider these our contemporary cupcake commandments, illustrated by three new recipes that are, as Carrie would say, fabulous.—
Shilpa Uskokovic,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
28 Apr. 2026
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Eligibility is increasingly decided by emergency injunctions.—
Eddie Brown,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 June 2026
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The bill specifically authorizes financial damages, because under current law, plaintiffs can only obtain injunctions that prevent future or ongoing violations, the summary said.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
11 June 2026
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