instruments

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tool, implement n.
means, agent n.

NOUN

tool, implement

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apparatus appliance device equipment gadget gear gizmo machine machinery mechanism

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contraption contrivance doodad paraphernalia tackle utensil

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NOUN

means, agent

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material mechanism medium organ vehicle

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agency channel factor force instrumentality ministry wherewithal

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end

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instruments

Since 1999, live instruments have effectively been banned, with only the lead vocalist performing live.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

IM-3 is expected to become the first mission to explore the surface of a lunar swirl, allowing robotic systems and deployed instruments to investigate this still mysterious region in greater detail.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026

Together, the rover and its instruments will support efforts to improve lunar surface mobility, demonstrate new technologies, and prepare for operations that last for extended periods on the Moon.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026

Then there are instruments that translate “the non-musical into the musical, and vice versa.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

She drafted drawings of new flight instruments and prepared them for testing.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein