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.
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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.
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Judith Martin,
Sun Sentinel,
22 June 2026
Respect posted signs and staff and ranger instructions.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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Gunfire rang out into the vehicle until both men eventually ran away in opposite directions.
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Mercury stations retrograde in Cancer in your 3rd House of Communication, making texts, directions, calls, errands, and local plans easier to misread.
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Just under 35,000 removal orders have been issued in California from January through May of this year, according to TRAC, a data gathering organization at Syracuse University.
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Evacuation orders affecting about 300 residents in the Oak Leaf Circle area were downgraded to warnings.
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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.
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The age of the Germanic male genius delivering edicts from on high has run its course.
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Brennan argues the records are vital to a potential vindictive-prosecution defense, citing more than 100 Trump statements attacking him and directives to pursue cases without legal basis.
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The attorneys general challenged several of its directives, including a provision that required state and local officials to collect proof of citizenship from vote-by-mail applicants.
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Treat them as starting points, not commandments.
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Paxton filed a lawsuit against Galveston ISD after the school board voted against placing the commandments in classrooms.
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Eligibility is increasingly decided by emergency injunctions.
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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.
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“Instructions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/instructions. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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