instrument
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Example Sentences
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“It would hit not only Western consumers but also China and regional buyers. It is a blunt instrument.”
From MarketWatch
Prediction markets sell event contracts, a financial instrument regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, whose insider trading rules are modeled after those of the Securities Exchange Commission, the stock market regulator.
From Barron's
Throughout the United States, spirits rapped messages, played instruments, remembered the past, and told of the future.
From Literature
The team also deployed seismic instruments that detected a series of glacier earthquakes during the period of rapid retreat.
From Science Daily
His comments come amid reports Brussels is considering targeting Kyrgyzstan with its anti-coercion instrument, a tool that allows the bloc to retaliate against countries that put pressure on its economic and security interests.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
