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instruments

NOUN

tool, implement

Synonyms

STRONGEST

apparatus appliance device equipment gadget gear gizmo machine machinery mechanism

STRONG

contraption contrivance doodad paraphernalia tackle utensil

Antonyms

WEAK

end

NOUN

means, agent

Synonyms

STRONGEST

material mechanism medium organ vehicle

STRONG

agency channel factor force instrumentality ministry wherewithal

Antonyms

WEAK

end

Example Sentences

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During these missions, scientists placed ocean bottom seismometers, instruments designed to detect earthquakes directly on the seafloor, along two parts of the Gofar fault.

From Science Daily • May 16, 2026

Congress should provide the coordinated leadership and resources needed to transform dispersed instruments into a coherent strategy for American power.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

We meet him in the middle of rehearsal week at Vienna's Museum of Science and Technology, where the second floor is full of early mechanical instruments and historical synthesisers.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

Prediction markets like Kalshi say that event contracts are financial instruments subject to the jurisdiction of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

Seeing abstract images and performing them either on voice or instruments.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin