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Instruct
Instruct verb - To cause to acquire knowledge or skill in some field.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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In it, Mark muses about meeting the Ares 6 engineer to instruct her, then he is approached by a little boy who knows of his story and asks if he would ever go back to Mars.
Source: Literature / The Martian -
A sentient computer sends information back in time to itself from all possible time lines in order to best instruct their agents on how to save the world.
Source: Gambit Roulette - For these or other reasons, the hero will instruct the sidekick to hang back and observe events, or leave a particularly dangerous fight to him alone.
Source: Reckless Sidekick
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