instrument
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Rollins embraced yoga, finding that the breathing techniques and especially the concentration gave him a new fluency with his instrument.
From Barron's • May 26, 2026
He also recorded three albums — “Way Out West,” “A Night at the Village Vanguard” and “The Freedom Suite” — using the innovative lineup of tenor saxophone, bass and drums, omitting any chord-producing instrument.
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026
The officer then reported Spence for "sounding an unauthorised audible warning instrument on a vehicle", which led to the criminal prosecution.
From BBC • May 23, 2026
The instrument can detect radio emissions produced by lightning, similar to the radio interference created by storms on Earth.
From Science Daily • May 21, 2026
He’d been the first investor to diagnose the disorder in the American financial system in early 2003: the extension of credit by instrument.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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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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