instrument
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The private Chinese security players “have evolved from marginal actors into an important instrument of Beijing’s overseas risk-management architecture,” said Alessandro Arduino, associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute, a London defense think-tank.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026
Teddy Thompson possesses one of those voices, a golden, vivid instrument capable of conjuring joy — though not in excess; he’s English — and caverns of heartache.
From Salon • May 15, 2026
It is only the second time that a live instrument has been allowed since 1998.
From BBC • May 12, 2026
Keeping it on increases the possibility that the instrument could be restarted in the future if enough power becomes available.
From Science Daily • May 4, 2026
An hour or more of that and her instrument definitely would have been damaged.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
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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