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instrument

[in-struh-muhnt] / ˈɪn strə mənt /




Usage

What are other ways to say instrument? An instrument is anything used in doing a certain type of work or producing a certain result, especially such as requires delicacy, accuracy, or precision: surgical or musical instruments. A tool is a contrivance held in and worked by the hand, for assisting the work of (especially) mechanics or skilled laborers: a carpenter's tools. An implement is any tool or contrivance designed or used for a particular purpose: agricultural implements. A utensil is especially an article for domestic use: kitchen utensils. 

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I definitely place more weight on ideas versus the discipline of playing an instrument.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

Schmerr helped develop the instrument for seismic exploration.

From Science Daily Aug. 3, 2026

He loves to headbang while playing the hurdy-gurdy, an instrument he picked up in 2010 and later employed in the “Black Sails” show and “God of War: Ragnarok” video game.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

"It's this instrument of resistance… where we can really share friendship, love and our voices can be heard," Steve Happi, the former inmate who co-founded Jail Time Records, tells the BBC's Talking Movies programme.

From BBC Jul. 26, 2026

The smaller the instrument, the higher the pitch, for example.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

She's developed a new-found a love for traditional Irish music saying: "It's awesome. I love seeing all the instruments, I love the music."

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

Additional information was available from several other instruments.

From Science Daily Aug. 2, 2026

It showed instruments and carrier bags discarded on work surfaces and even sinks, while desks were littered with paperwork.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

“As they note in their own video, testing instruments can contain some of the same materials identified in their results, which is a known cause of false results.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

Musical instruments were heard playing behind the cabinet doors even when the brothers were securely tied, allegedly proving spirit action.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

Because of these risks, the landslide area has been extensively instrumented since 2020.

From Science Daily Dec. 21, 2025

We're the only sport that has done this type of work with instrumented mouthguards.

From BBC Sep. 16, 2022

Pacific Missile Range Facility Barking Sands, a U.S. naval facility, is the world's largest instrumented, "multi-dimensional" testing and training missile range, according to the U.S.

From Fox News Feb. 22, 2022

The initial design for the lab, to be built over the next 5 years at the University of Idaho, calls for 24 richly instrumented soil columns topped with airtight chambers for vegetation.

From Science Magazine Oct. 12, 2021

We are unlikely to determine the answer to this question without landing instrumented space vehicles on the Titanian surface.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

“We are instrumenting the car in a way that is overloading the driver just like we were overloading the helicopter pilots,” said Strayer, director of the university’s Center for the Prevention of Distracted Driving.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 6, 2022

This can be a result of budgetary constraints, the difficulty of instrumenting treacherous volcanoes and, in some cases, red tape preventing the placement of sensors in wilderness areas.

From New York Times Nov. 9, 2021

“And we need to rethink what this instrumenting of the world — all that data being generated and collected — means for privacy and how all this data is used.”

From New York Times Aug. 4, 2015

Yet little has been done to probe the underlying crust and mantle, mainly because instrumenting the entire state is so expensive.

From Scientific American Nov. 5, 2013

Niels and I get to work carefully instrumenting the sleep logger and attaching it to the bird.

From New York Times Apr. 15, 2011




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