instrumentalities

noun

plural of instrumentality
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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  1. means
  2. instruments
  3. agents
  4. vehicles
  5. agencies
  6. mechanisms
  7. organs
  8. tools
Noun
  • Analysts attributed elevated gas prices to ongoing fighting in the Middle East, which has damaged oil infrastructure and forced firms to take up costly means of transporting crude.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Only Washington, North Carolina and Oregon tracked rejection rates with enough detail to distinguish ballots received in the mail from those received by some other means, like a ballot drop box.
    — Ken B. Morales, ProPublica, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of means
Noun
  • The synth melody is poignant through the buds, but the upper vocal harmony and some of the upper-register atmospheric instruments are slightly buried.
    — Mark Knapp, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The biotech firm offers its lab instruments to help scientists research cancer, immunology and neuroscience.
    — Paulina Likos, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of instruments
Noun
  • In December 2024, FBI agents and local police arrested the men during pre-dawn raids on their homes in Miami Beach and their parents’ home in Bal Harbour.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2026
  • With the sun low in the sky, protesters took to the streets of Woodland on Tuesday to demand action against federal immigration agents.
    — Hector Amezcua, Sacbee.com, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of agents
Noun
  • Local trunk-or-treaters of all ages can collect their first pieces of candy and check out custom classics, hot rods, lowriders and other vehicles from around the area.
    — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 29 Oct. 2026
  • More than 2,000 federal officers were sent to the city, and scenes of masked agents spilling from convoys of unmarked vehicles became commonplace.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of vehicles
Noun
  • The law enforcement agencies must act with an iron fist and in an immediate manner.
    — Frank Andrews, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Florida has already given hundreds of millions of additional money to law enforcement agencies in the state in exchange for their participation in the program.
    — Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of agencies
Noun
  • At the center of Aurora’s local ballot is a referendum question asking voters whether the city should adopt mechanisms that would allow a sitting mayor to be recalled before their term expires.
    — Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026
  • Klum was inside pulling specific mechanisms to make the hand move.
    — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of mechanisms
Noun
  • Existing approaches have typically relied on relatively bulky energy-harvesting devices sutured onto organs, which have struggled to generate practically useful amounts of power.
    — Edd Gent, IEEE Spectrum, 29 Oct. 2026
  • The tubular organs roll back far enough to gaze upwards through transparent tissue in its head to hunt for prey.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of organs
Noun
  • These efforts will be made more difficult by AI’s unpredictable nature, recent cybersecurity issues, and the tendency of AI search tools to reflect back results users want to see.
    — Ashley Gold, semafor.com, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The cabinetry, which is of premium quality and is exceptionally attractive, offers generous storage space for cooking ingredients and the chef’s tools and utensils.
    — James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of tools
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