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  • noun informal shortened form of instructions
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of instruct.

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Examples

  • • Never use a hotter iron than a label instructs without carefully testing it first in an inconspicuous area to be sure that the fabric will not scorch, glaze, or melt.

    HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

  • • Never use a hotter iron than a label instructs without carefully testing it first in an inconspicuous area to be sure that the fabric will not scorch, glaze, or melt.

    HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

  • • Never use a hotter iron than a label instructs without carefully testing it first in an inconspicuous area to be sure that the fabric will not scorch, glaze, or melt.

    HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

  • • Never use a hotter iron than a label instructs without carefully testing it first in an inconspicuous area to be sure that the fabric will not scorch, glaze, or melt.

    HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

  • Some of her advice may seem hard to swallow: Don't multitask, for one, and, as the title instructs us, don't read email in the morning.

    Five Best 2007

  • Specifically, I am thinking about the blue feather incident, where the reluctant Messiah of the title instructs our POV character, his equally reluctant disciple, on the principles of visualisation.

    SF Novelists 2010

  • In the email, Todd Palin instructs SarahPAC treasurer Tim Crawford to Hold off on any letter for Joe.

    Jeanne Devon ("AKMuckraker"): Internal Emails Suggest Palin to Run for President "AKMuckraker" 2010

  • What Zen instructs is that learning is not about the outward manifestation of a skill, but the inward journey through the self.

    Zen and Learning « Tales from the Reading Room 2010

  • Joe Lieberman, being an independent, is bound to vote as Dick Durbin instructs him to on procedural matters (including cloture) in exchange for maintaining his seniority and committee assignments.

    Matthew Yglesias » Judd Gregg for Commerce? 2009

  • Writing guru Dwight Swain instructs that the place to open your story is when the status quo changes.

    Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Flogged, but still standing 2007

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