instrument
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Though piano, synthesizer and what seems to be a reed instrument are audible, it comes across as something created spontaneously with toys and noise-making devices discovered in a room.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
"There was no instrument in the room. He used a wooden table as a percussion instrument and sang. But the producer was impressed," says Amaran.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
We recorded a tumbadero, which is an instrument used in plena, recorded by Luis “Lagarto” Figueroa.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026
A perfect score indicates no errors on the screening instrument, but clinicians emphasize that the result is interpreted in context and is not considered evidence of exceptional intelligence.
From Salon • May 31, 2026
But the En Cognito program ensures I understand how each instrument in that bag works.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
Vocabulary lists containing instrument
Macbeth's "Is this a dagger..." soliloquy
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John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address, January 20, 1961
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