instrument
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"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
Teddy Thompson’s voice is a golden, vivid instrument capable of conjuring joy and caverns of heartache.
From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026
We recorded a tumbadero, which is an instrument used in plena, recorded by Luis “Lagarto” Figueroa.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026
The observations were carried out using MIRI's Medium Resolution Spectrometer, an instrument that separates infrared light into its individual wavelengths.
From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026
From the Coldwater site and another site, named Timberline, directly on the mountain, Johnston peered through a big, boxy instrument called a correlation spectrometer.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
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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