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instrument

[in-struh-muhnt] / ˈɪn strə mənt /




Usage

What are other ways to say instrument? An instrument is anything used in doing a certain type of work or producing a certain result, especially such as requires delicacy, accuracy, or precision: surgical or musical instruments. A tool is a contrivance held in and worked by the hand, for assisting the work of (especially) mechanics or skilled laborers: a carpenter's tools. An implement is any tool or contrivance designed or used for a particular purpose: agricultural implements. A utensil is especially an article for domestic use: kitchen utensils. 

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"We should not treat AI as a threat to good jobs. We should use it as an instrument to create them," he said.

From Barron's Jul. 15, 2026

Many young people across the world can say they play an instrument, but not many are quite like Freya Terris.

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

“But when you hear somebody singing live who has that gift, who has that instrument in their throat, it’s remarkable. It hits the human soul.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

Because the mirror image versions of the same molecule interact differently with the coatings, they move through the tubes at different speeds, allowing the instrument to separate them.

From Science Daily Jul. 9, 2026

The descriptions have to be vague, because articulation, besides depending on the instrument, also depends on the style of the music.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones

Though Intuitive posted both higher 2Q profits and sales, Oppenheimer says the company is likely to face competition from homegrown Chinese systems and its shift to extended use instruments is bound to pressure FY27 growth.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

Musically and vocally gifted, they wring harmonies and beats from an assortment of instruments, mixing genres and styles with an eloquence that surpasses the exposition sprinkled into the lyrics.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

Beginning in 2030, the European Space Agency's Rosalind Franklin rover is expected to join the search with specialized instruments designed to look for stronger chemical evidence.

From Science Daily Jul. 9, 2026

Under the plans, it will run for fewer hours, some of its instruments will shut, and its muon experiments will close altogether.

From BBC Jul. 9, 2026

The metal farm instruments hanging on the walls quaked.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack

Because of these risks, the landslide area has been extensively instrumented since 2020.

From Science Daily Dec. 21, 2025

Pacific Missile Range Facility Barking Sands, a U.S. naval facility, is the world's largest instrumented, "multi-dimensional" testing and training missile range, according to the U.S.

From Fox News Feb. 22, 2022

"This is the most heavily instrumented vehicle we will ever fly so we will get a tremendous amount of engineering data on vibration and temperature and stress, acoustics," said Mr Shannon.

From BBC Mar. 18, 2021

Satellites and instrumented buoys made it relatively easy for scientists to track The Blob's bloom and fade.

From Science Magazine Jan. 31, 2019

We are unlikely to determine the answer to this question without landing instrumented space vehicles on the Titanian surface.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

“We are instrumenting the car in a way that is overloading the driver just like we were overloading the helicopter pilots,” said Strayer, director of the university’s Center for the Prevention of Distracted Driving.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 6, 2022

This can be a result of budgetary constraints, the difficulty of instrumenting treacherous volcanoes and, in some cases, red tape preventing the placement of sensors in wilderness areas.

From New York Times Nov. 9, 2021

“And we need to rethink what this instrumenting of the world — all that data being generated and collected — means for privacy and how all this data is used.”

From New York Times Aug. 4, 2015

Yet little has been done to probe the underlying crust and mantle, mainly because instrumenting the entire state is so expensive.

From Scientific American Nov. 5, 2013

Niels and I get to work carefully instrumenting the sleep logger and attaching it to the bird.

From New York Times Apr. 15, 2011




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