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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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The Wall Street Journal takes a look at the emerging world of AI agents, which rely on generative AI and promise to follow more intricate instructions than a chatbot.
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John Kell, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2024
Microsoft has instructions here to set up this feature for your personal or work accounts.
—PCMAG, 22 Oct. 2024
Another issue that Chávez-Moreno brings to readers’ attention is how language policies in schools — such as the treatment of bilingual students or English-only instruction in schools — play a role in the racialization of Latinx students.
—Marybeth Gasman, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
Wittenberg University was forced to transition to remote instruction.
—Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2024
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John Kell, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2024
Microsoft has instructions here to set up this feature for your personal or work accounts.
—PCMAG, 22 Oct. 2024
Another issue that Chávez-Moreno brings to readers’ attention is how language policies in schools — such as the treatment of bilingual students or English-only instruction in schools — play a role in the racialization of Latinx students.
—Marybeth Gasman, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
Wittenberg University was forced to transition to remote instruction.
—Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2024
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In spite of the edict coming with a strong enforcement tool, capital punishment, the controls were widely violated.Roger Valdez, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
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The Taliban’s latest edicts last month, referred to by Streep, include the demand for women and girls to remain silent in public.Hilary Whiteman, CNN, 26 Sep. 2024
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And yet, across southern states such as Florida, new bills proposed the prohibition of the teaching of topics associated with slavery and race.Ana Lucia Araujo / Made by History, TIME, 4 Nov. 2024
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Educators will find relevant seminars on culturally responsive teaching in the digital age, plus a comprehensive STEM Education Showcase exploring resources for schools serving Black communities.Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 3 Nov. 2024
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The group doesn’t have any grand sense of their musical direction though, preferring to take things one song at a time.Al Shipley, SPIN, 28 Oct. 2024
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As time goes on, the AI solution can be scaled and introduced to more medical team members—with leaders capturing feedback every step of the way to evaluate if things are going in the right direction.Ainsley MacLean, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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This education and research site has several trails that pass through wetlands, forests, marshes, and bogs (including one for pitcher plants).Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 3 Nov. 2024
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My parents came over to the U.S. from Ireland in 1959 and education and hard work were just givens.Ayesha Javed, TIME, 3 Nov. 2024
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Studio commissaries, cafeterias and executive dining rooms long have been spaces to surreptitiously goggle at visiting talent as well as places to be seen with the powers that be for girding one’s position in the corporate pecking order.Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Nov. 2024
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The investigative arm of Japan’s Financial Services Agency reported in September that a Nomura employee placed misleading orders in the government bond futures market in 2021.Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune Asia, 1 Nov. 2024
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Herring are small schooling fish that are much faster swimmers than krill.Lauren Sommer, NPR, 6 Sep. 2024
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The news from a growing number of districts suggests that the institution of public schooling has indeed suffered a lasting blow, even in cities that are better funded than Rochester.Alec MacGillis, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2024
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Last month, a state judge in Georgia issued a directive that officials have a mandatory duty to certify election results, rejecting the argument that officials can block the results due to allegations of fraud.Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2024
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Following an April 2021 directive from the Russian government mandating the dismissal of all local staff at U.S. diplomatic missions in Russia, the State Department said Shonov began working for a contractor supporting the U.S. Embassy in Moscow.Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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The unanimous ruling comes after the Department of Corrections revised its rules for lethal injection procedures in March and Attorney General Russell Coleman subsequently filed a motion to lift an injunction that has halted executions in the commonwealth since 2010, according to court records.Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 24 Oct. 2024
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In court papers, lawyers for the state contend that an injunction would be an unnecessary intrusion into Virginia election procedures.Matthew Barakat, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2024
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“Instruction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/instruction. Accessed 10 Nov. 2024.
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