instrument
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In retrospect, the Stones’ success can be attributed to the usual reasons—woodshedding, happy accidents, luck—but perhaps more than anything to Mr. Richards’s obsession with his instrument.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Trusts have always been seen as a specialty instrument, so it’s no surprise that the number of people who report having a trust in place is much lower than those who have a will.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026
"We must warn our injectors: 'You have become an active instrument for passing disease.'"
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
Artemis 2 astronaut Victor Glover, who pilots the Orion spacecraft, said before liftoff this week that eyes were a "magical instrument."
From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026
Most woodwinds can get two different octaves with essentially the same fingering; the lower octave is the fundamental of the column of air inside the instrument at that fingering.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
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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