instrumental
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Nevertheless, both years remained the warmest since instrumental temperature records began.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026
She was instrumental in expanding Netflix’s reach internationally and the streamer’s push into live events.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
The South African's work had been "instrumental in ensuring that war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide are prosecuted", said the chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee Jørgen Watne Frydnes.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
“This year’s laureate has been instrumental in ensuring that war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide are prosecuted.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
For Wagner, nothing was allowed to distract from the unfolding musical story and he would happily intertwine chorus, solo, duets, instrumental interludes so that you could hardly tell when one ended and another began.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
Both the Smiths and mariachi music can drive even the most macho Mexican man to tears with their poetic lyrics and layered instrumentals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
The instrumentals definitely serve as a unifying element.
From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2026
Frontwoman Florence Shaw speaks her poetic lyrics over the band’s hypnotic instrumentals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 30, 2025
The album also features a pair of atmospheric instrumentals, “Space 1” and “Space 2,” co-written by the jammers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2025
Hence, then, in the and why we have instrumental ablatives, or, simply, instrumentals.
From A Handbook of the English Language by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham
Vocabulary lists containing instrumental
Flowers for Algernon
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The Tale of Despereaux
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