- plural of instrument.
- present tense form of instrument (3rd person singular).
instruments
Example Sentences
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The proposal notes that event contracts are financial instruments commonly known to trade as swaps.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
It’s so immediately distinctive: 0 to 60 in five seconds, instant energy, a handful of guitar notes before all of the instruments rev up.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026
For some traded instruments, buying when a golden cross appears, or selling when its opposite — a “death cross” — appears can be hit or miss.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
It is the large pool of domestic institutional and retail money, flowing into instruments like mutual funds, that have helped the markets avoid a sharper fall.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
When they reached the FARM, Sydney was looking at a Stevenson screen, a wooden box with slats that sat on a pole like an oversize birdhouse and held weather instruments.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
