instrument
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The instrument is designed to measure the X-59's unique shock wave signature.
From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026
A perfect score indicates no errors on the screening instrument, but clinicians emphasize that the result is interpreted in context and is not considered evidence of exceptional intelligence.
From Salon • May 31, 2026
He was a member of the instrument support teams for NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope Infrared Spectrograph and Infrared Array Camera, according to the university.
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026
He then attaches a pair of gloves to a fan, and the hands, now autonomous, proceed to “play” the improvised teapot instrument.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
Although the song does have quite a few words, the refrain is repetitive with only three words, and provides two empty beats for clapping or playing an instrument.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
Vocabulary lists containing instrument
Macbeth's "Is this a dagger..." soliloquy
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John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address, January 20, 1961
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