instrument
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Although the instrument was not specifically designed to study lightning, it can detect microwave emissions from nearby storms.
From Science Daily • May 21, 2026
So Roy Ayers’ biggest song doesn’t prominently feature his voice or his main instrument.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
Pennants are viewed as continuation patterns, which means the charted instrument tends to break out in the direction of the trend that preceded it.
From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026
His DNA was also recovered in 2023 from a medical instrument used to examine the victim, which had never been tested before.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
When the sighting rod was set up, Rondon’s loyal right-hand man, Lieutenant João Salustiano Lyra, used a telemeter, an instrument that measured the distance from his canoe to the sighting rod.
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
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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