instrumental

Pillay's work had been "instrumental in ensuring that war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide are prosecuted", said the chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee Jørgen Watne Frydnes.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Housing developments were built around crude-processing facilities in an architectural style reminiscent of 1960s American suburbs—a throwback to the era when U.S. energy companies were instrumental in building the oil economy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

While the quartet — the first metal band to perform at Sphere — tore through the instrumental deep cut “The Call of Ktulu,” that drippy leviathan swatted at life-sized fighter jets on the screen.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

He has been instrumental in implementing her strategy of "de-demonisation" to try and rid the party of the toxic legacy of its founder, her father Jean-Marie Le Pen, who was openly antisemitic.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

It sounded like that instrumental old-folks stuff played in doctor’s office waiting rooms.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

The instrumentals uplift the presentation of the other tracks.

From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2026

Across 17 tracks, including several instrumentals drawn from the documentary’s score, the album unfolds almost like a rock opera, building an immersive arc.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 30, 2025

Inspired by Pink Floyd’s “The Wall,” Sonic Youth’s distortion, Black Sabbath’s symbolic lyricism and layered instrumentals, and surrealist artwork, “Mellon Collie” tested the Smashing Pumpkins’ limits as a band.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 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