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
"We are Near Eastern archaeologists. So that is our work. That is like a musician who can no longer play an instrument," she told AFP.
From Barron's • 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
Instruments all over the world can be grouped into five categories based on the Sachs-Hornbostel instrument classification system.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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