instrument
Usage
Example Sentences
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In the 1960s, artists such as James Brown, Sly and the Family Stone and the Meters updated funk with electric instruments and horns.
Critics argue that because the Fed has only one monetary policy instrument, the overnight-interest rate, it should focus on only one goal: low inflation.
While studying two of these storms, the microphone on the SuperCam instrument aboard NASA's Perseverance rover unexpectedly picked up unusually strong signals.
From Science Daily
Squeezing past a set of congas he came to his signature instrument – the vibraphone.
From BBC
He thinks of composer Michael Giacchino “onstage with those virtuosos at their respective instruments; we work with masters all around us, so we have a lot of trust in them.”
From Los Angeles Times
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