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instruments

NOUN

tool, implement

Synonyms

STRONGEST

apparatus appliance device equipment gadget gear gizmo machine machinery mechanism

STRONG

contraption contrivance doodad paraphernalia tackle utensil

Antonyms

WEAK

end

NOUN

means, agent

Synonyms

STRONGEST

material mechanism medium organ vehicle

STRONG

agency channel factor force instrumentality ministry wherewithal

Antonyms

WEAK

end

Example Sentences

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We also included instruments like the bassoon, the harp, the trombone and obviously the saxophone.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

And spokesman Ramdan Denny Prakoso said Wednesday that it continued to use "all available policy instruments" to "maintain adequate foreign exchange liquidity".

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

UniCredit also holds financial instruments connected to 3.2% of Commerzbank, and 13.2% in cash-settled derivatives.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

“I just love messing around with different instruments and seeing all the different sounds I can make,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

Some of the men played a “Discord Fantasia” on homemade instruments, setting the dogs outside howling.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong