instrument
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Example Sentences
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“It would knock my socks off,” said Colón in a 1988 interview with Associated Press, leading the singer to teach himself how to play the instrument.
From Los Angeles Times
An international research team used the James Webb Space Telescope and its NIRSpec instrument to monitor Uranus for nearly one full rotation.
From Science Daily
In the second half of the 19th Century, photography became one of the British Empire's most persuasive instruments for knowing - and classifying - India.
From BBC
When part of a SpaceX rocket re-entered Earth's atmosphere exactly a year ago, it created a spectacuglar fireball that streaked across Europe's skies, delighting stargazers and sending a team of scientists rushing towards their instruments.
From Barron's
Tech companies as well as some digital-rights and children’s groups, however, say age-limit measures are blunt instruments that are likely to backfire.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
