instrumentality

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This issue is more complicated than most, in large measure because the industry directly affected is already accustomed to being an instrumentality of the federal government.

From Washington Times • May 14, 2023

“They are a sovereign instrumentality of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,” the filing said, adding the discovery order was “an extraordinary infringement on the sovereignty of a foreign state.”

From Seattle Times • Mar. 2, 2023

"Whatever NSO's government customers do with its technology and services does not render NSO an 'agency or instrumentality of a foreign state,'" Forrest wrote.

From Reuters • Nov. 8, 2021

“Factually, there is no instrumentality here other than Mr. Chauvin’s knee, which is not inherently dangerous.”

From Washington Post • Mar. 11, 2021

This party is an instrumentality for the accomplishment of certain things that are very near and very dear to the hearts of many millions.

From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany by Ingersoll, Robert Green