as in means
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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The fund was created at a Thursday meeting of the performing arts center's board of trustees, with the members voting unanimously to acknowledge the president's contributions to the center by all legal means.—
Emma Nicholson,
CBS News,
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Founder of the House Tax Equity Caucus, Elliott — who favors child tax and renters’ credits or other means to reduce burdens on low- and middle-income households — says the demand for relief is the voters’ mantra.—
Keith M. Phaneuf,
Hartford Courant,
15 June 2026
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By measuring how these atomic properties shift in response to extremely subtle changes in gravity, motion or magnetic fields, the sensors can detect flaws that traditional instruments miss.—
Alex Krasnok,
Fortune,
21 June 2026
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Schmidt last year became the CEO of the rocket company Relativity Space, which won a major NASA contract this week to deliver a set of the agency’s science instruments to Mars in 2028.—
Denise Chow,
NBC news,
21 June 2026
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Federal drug agents are trying to stop the FIFA World Cup from becoming a cash cow for drug dealers who hope to profit from the millions of domestic and international visitors headed to North Texas.—
Marvin Hurst,
CBS News,
20 June 2026
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Last year, amid a federal deportation surge, ICE agents there tackled protesters and made numerous arrests.—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
20 June 2026
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Many people died due to delays in emergency response as the area lacks basic infrastructure and ambulance services, forcing passengers to be transported in public vehicles.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 June 2026
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As Bailey was standing in between the two vehicles for the jump-start, a gray Honda Pilot hit the Ford Escape and the impact led to Bailey suffering severe upper body and head trauma, according to police.—
Matt Cavallo,
CBS News,
15 June 2026
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Responding agencies include the Ada County Sheriff’s Office and Kuna Fire and Paramedics.—
Emily Carmela Nelson,
Idaho Statesman,
22 June 2026
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Since Pulte's selection, Democrats have declined to extend Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which grants intelligence agencies broad authority to spy on overseas targets, causing the legal provision to expire earlier this month.—
Kaia Hubbard,
CBS News,
21 June 2026
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For example, studies show that the mechanisms for both optimism and pessimism lie in opposite parts of the brain, with the right hemisphere primarily driving pessimism and the left primarily driving optimism.—
Dr. Deepika Chopra,
Flow Space,
16 June 2026
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Until now, however, the mechanisms behind the phenomenon remained largely unclear.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
16 June 2026
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Passed in 2013 under then president Barack Obama, the law allows people with HIV to donate organs to others with the infection.—
Tanya Lewis,
Scientific American,
19 June 2026
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Tiny bulging eyes form long before the animal resembles a shark at all and its future face exists only as clusters of migrating cells, slowly organizing themselves into the structures that will eventually become jaws, cartilage and sensory organs.—
Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
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This article was created by content specialists using various tools, including AI.—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
18 June 2026
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The summary points above were compiled with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 June 2026
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“Instrumentalities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/instrumentalities. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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