- present tense form of instrument (3rd person singular).
- plural of instrument.
instruments
Example Sentences
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But private money managers have been conjuring up new debt instruments faster than thinly stretched state insurance commissioners can rein them in, and the regulatory process sometimes resembles a game of whac-a-mole.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Back in Sheffield city centre at Platts & Nisbett, makers of surgical instruments, the process now includes CNC at the first stage, which is when a software programme directs machinery to cut the components.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
This series is also a reminder that long before the founding, it was the people who made constitutional and legal change with their own hands, through their own instruments of government.
From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2026
It’s well to remember that in the early days of synthesizing instruments, violins with perfect vibrato sounded especially fake, until tiny errors generated by chance were added to the sine waves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2026
The whole point is that there was no common score, no assigned instruments, no blended harmonies.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
