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something used to achieve an end
computer literacy is only an instrumentality for acquiring an education, and not an end in itself
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Recent Examples of instrumentality
But the instrumentality of so many of his characters seems to have reached a nadir in The City and Its Uncertain Walls.
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Bailey Trela, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
Moore said Tuesday, after the meeting, that the city controlling the budget would not be a legal conflict of interest, as the PAB is an instrumentality of Baltimore City.
—Darcy Costello, Baltimore Sun, 7 Feb. 2024
To effect these seizures, the FBI will simultaneously issue commands that will interfere with the hackers’ control over the instrumentalities of their crimes (the Target Devices), including by preventing the hackers from easily re-infecting the Target Devices with KV Botnet malware.
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—Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 31 Jan. 2024
The common thread here is a blatant, self-serving instrumentality incapable of distinguishing between the desire for order and the desire for domination, between the good of all and one’s own good.
—Jack Butler, National Review, 31 Dec. 2023
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Bailey Trela, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
Moore said Tuesday, after the meeting, that the city controlling the budget would not be a legal conflict of interest, as the PAB is an instrumentality of Baltimore City.
—Darcy Costello, Baltimore Sun, 7 Feb. 2024
To effect these seizures, the FBI will simultaneously issue commands that will interfere with the hackers’ control over the instrumentalities of their crimes (the Target Devices), including by preventing the hackers from easily re-infecting the Target Devices with KV Botnet malware.
a.
—Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 31 Jan. 2024
The common thread here is a blatant, self-serving instrumentality incapable of distinguishing between the desire for order and the desire for domination, between the good of all and one’s own good.
—Jack Butler, National Review, 31 Dec. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for instrumentality
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Smokeless tobacco is considered anything from snuff, snus, chewing tobacco, moist snuff and any other tobacco intended to be used or consumed by any means.—
Dana Afana,
Freep.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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The administration has argued its work is a long-overdue means of rooting out waste, fraud and abuse.—
Jessie Opoien,
jsonline.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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He is also charged with robbery, theft, violation of the Uniform Firearms Act, possessing an instrument of crime, tampering with evidence, abuse of corpse, conspiracy and obstruction of justice, NBC Philadelphia reported.—
Samira Asma-Sadeque,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
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Busting out a box of instruments that turned the room into a riot of noise, Sheeran then encourage each student to share their unique sound into the mic, from saxophone bleats to fart sounds.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
22 Oct. 2025
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But the lack of transparency and due process are similar, and there are few to no guarantees of the safety of people whom ICE agents remove, often without identifying themselves, and move around without notifying the family or lawyers of the detained.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
23 Oct. 2025
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Trump’s former campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, was one of the first people to publicly condemn the selection of Bad Bunny, going as far as threatening that ICE agents would be present at the Super Bowl next year.—
Zack Sharf,
Variety,
22 Oct. 2025
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After the crash, the SUV was reportedly struck by a tractor-trailer that was traveling in the right lane behind the vehicle.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
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The child was found by her mother three hours later, with internal vehicle temperatures having reached over 108 degrees.—
Jose R. Gonzalez,
AZCentral.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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The second photo was noticeably different from the first, instead showing a recent image of heavy machinery smoothing gravel where lush green grass once grew.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
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Otis was among 24 metal fabrication and machinery manufacturing companies recognized.—
Katherine Fung,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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While sympathetic to conservative institutional media, federal law agencies did not often make moves based on posts from the nascent right wing creator class.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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The Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency is not so fortunate, said Renee Pertile, early childhood director at the agency.—
Beki San Martin,
Freep.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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Their mechanisms of play have stayed constant, and present a challenge for Amorim to solve.—
Laurie Whitwell,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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On April 23, while adjusting a grip mechanism beneath a car during a test run, the nearly 400-pound device slipped from its rigging.—
Michael Wells,
Kansas City Star,
22 Oct. 2025
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According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, CMT causes a range of sensory and motor symptoms, including numbness, tingling, pain, muscle weakness and atrophy — deterioration in cells, tissues, and organs.—
Diana Leyva,
Nashville Tennessean,
24 Oct. 2025
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Endometriosis Endometriosis is a condition in which uterine-like tissue grows outside of the uterus on other nearby organs.—
Wendy Wisner,
Health,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Instrumentality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/instrumentality. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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