instrumental
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Several other IAP officials took on instrumental roles in American Muslims for Palestine shortly after IAP was shuttered.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
A series of conversations with God were instrumental in her recovery, Parton said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
A-Baki, born to Lebanese parents, was instrumental in brokering dialogue between Ecuador and its traditional rival Peru.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
He continued: "I'd like to thank those survivors who came forward to us and reported what happened to them. Their cooperation and assistance has been instrumental in ensuring this conviction."
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
Aristotle sought to rescue rhetoric from its place as a purely instrumental art: the highest rhetorical accomplishment, for Aristotle, was an expression of arete, or virtue.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
There’s also three original instrumentals and a song out of Price’s early archives, “Can’t Stand Still.”
From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2026
The album is split between instrumentals and songs, but the use of samples—often including pitch-shifted voices—and sense of flow make it feel like a single unified work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
Frontwoman Florence Shaw speaks her poetic lyrics over the band’s hypnotic instrumentals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 30, 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
Hence, then, in the and why we have instrumental ablatives, or, simply, instrumentals.
From A Handbook of the English Language by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham
Vocabulary lists containing instrumental
Flowers for Algernon
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Latin Love, Vol I: struere
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The Tale of Despereaux
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