instrument
Usage
Example Sentences
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A cartridge containing small tubes preloaded with different antibiotics is placed directly into the urine sample and inserted into an instrument.
From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026
In a post on Ambrosia’s Facebook account, the band described North as “the Hammond B3 King” after his preferred instrument and said his “sonic architecture defined a generation of progressive and soft rock.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026
To better understand the host galaxy, Sears led follow-up observations using Webb's NIRCam, its main near-infrared imaging instrument, several months after the event.
From Science Daily • Mar. 30, 2026
Trump has made tariffs a central instrument of his economic and foreign policy.
From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026
On Sunday, April 13, three miles from the mountain’s summit at the Timberline observation station, Swanson peered through a theodolite, an instrument that measured angles very accurately.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
