instrumental

To paraphrase Stephen Miller, surely the most instrumental figure in the Trump White House, the only thing that matters is power.

From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026

"They can be instrumental artifacts or other structures in the debris disk. By obtaining a spectrum at the same time as the image, we were able to quickly confirm our suspicions."

From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026

Zach Witkoff, the son who would later become instrumental in Trump’s presidential wealth-building, was married at Mar-a-Lago in 2022, with the Trumps in attendance.

From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026

But the air, space and instrumental cohesion of touchstones like, say, Bonnie Raitt are nowhere to be found.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

To emphasise the intended awe and majesty of the occasion, Louis XIV’s long, mythological ballets would begin with a self-contained instrumental introduction, or opening.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

Frontwoman Florence Shaw speaks her poetic lyrics over the band’s hypnotic instrumentals.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 30, 2025

And when Shults, who, along with directing the film, co-wrote and edited it, uses the superstar’s irresistible instrumentals in the movie, he marries his beautifully constructed images with sound to create some undeniably gripping sequences.

From Salon ● May 19, 2025

The album also features a pair of atmospheric instrumentals, “Space 1” and “Space 2,” co-written by the jammers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2025

Before long, he was writing his own songs – initially by dreaming up melodies and lyrics to instrumentals he'd found on YouTube, then creating originals on a guitar he'd been given for his ninth birthday.

From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2025

Hence, then, in the and why we have instrumental ablatives, or, simply, instrumentals.

From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)