instrument
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Lampenius, a classical concert violinist, obtained permission to play her instrument - a 19th Century Gagliano violin - live on stage.
From BBC • May 12, 2026
If you can play your instrument, you should be heard.
From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026
Soon after, he began an apprenticeship in London with the composer Muzio Clementi that lasted 10 years and required that Field demonstrate pianos for his teacher’s side business as an instrument maker and retailer.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
Jennifer Eigenbrode, Ph.D., an astrobiologist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center and co-author of the study, helps lead the instrument team.
From Science Daily • Apr. 28, 2026
When the sighting rod was set up, Rondon’s loyal right-hand man, Lieutenant João Salustiano Lyra, used a telemeter, an instrument that measured the distance from his canoe to the sighting rod.
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
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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