instrumental
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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
Braden was sanguine about Rantzen's promotion but his wife, TV presenter Barbara Kelly, was publicly contemptuous of the decision and accused Wilcox of being instrumental in her appointment.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
Appealing though this laissez-faire undoubtedly was, especially for amateur musicians, it resulted in instrumental music that did not make great demands on players, their instruments, or indeed composers.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
The vocals throughout have that patented, tingling Jayhawks sound; the instrumentals are as sharp as fans will recall.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
There’s also three original instrumentals and a song out of Price’s early archives, “Can’t Stand Still.”
From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2026
Even his former nemesis Wiley paid respects, posting a video of one of Ellis's instrumentals with a dove emoji.
From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2026
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
Vocabulary lists containing instrumental
Flowers for Algernon
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