instrument
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A perfect score indicates no errors on the screening instrument, but clinicians emphasize that the result is interpreted in context and is not considered evidence of exceptional intelligence.
From Salon • May 31, 2026
In the book Mr. King specifies that the instrument of destruction is a short roque mallet.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
In an interview with Jazz Times, Rollins described his immediate fascination with the instrument with which he would build his fame.
From BBC • May 26, 2026
But if you can dig and play from your soul, this instrument just becomes a vessel of sound and orbit, bro, it’s over.
From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2026
Using an instrument called a sextant, the navigator can measure the height of the star above the horizon.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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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