instrumental
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Like Rangnick, Kleitsch had been an instrumental figure in the shift to zonal marking, and he was also credited with making Stuttgart into a conveyor belt of world-class youth talent.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
“Ups & Downs” is an instrumental with a droning keyboard—perhaps a harmonium—along with a clarinet and clattering percussion that sounds like a drum kit being slowly unpacked from its case.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
The witness most instrumental to Fernandez’s conviction also admitted at trial to a history of lying in court.
From Slate • May 29, 2026
And then there was the enigmatic instrumental duo Boards of Canada, who kept a low profile and almost never played live but whose records proved to be influential.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
Appealing though this laissez-faire undoubtedly was, especially for amateur musicians, it resulted in instrumental music that did not make great demands on players, their instruments, or indeed composers.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
Vocabulary lists containing instrumental
Flowers for Algernon
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The Tale of Despereaux
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