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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
As an instrumentality charter, the Milwaukee Virtual School would be operated by MPS staff using district funds.
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Cleo Krejci,
jsonline.com,
27 Jan. 2025
Amtrak is also not considered a department, agency or instrumentality of the United States Government and its overseeing regulatory body, the OIG, remains open during shutdowns as well.
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Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA TODAY,
20 Dec. 2024
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.
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Darcy Costello,
Baltimore Sun,
7 Feb. 2024
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Cleo Krejci,
jsonline.com,
27 Jan. 2025
Amtrak is also not considered a department, agency or instrumentality of the United States Government and its overseeing regulatory body, the OIG, remains open during shutdowns as well.
—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA TODAY,
20 Dec. 2024
But the instrumentality of so many of his characters seems to have reached a nadir in The City and Its Uncertain Walls.
—
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for instrumentality
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But that may also make Iranian oil less attractive to China, which has been buying it at a discount because Iran under sanctions has few other means to sell.
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None of these senior members of this genocidal regime are good guys, by any means.
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The company’s instruments are useful to astronomers and are often found in remote observatories like Starfront.
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Some countries have moved to ban or block certain markets entirely, and in the United States, the rapid growth of event contracts has sparked an ongoing fight between federal regulators and state authorities over whether these products are closer to financial instruments or unlicensed gambling.
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Matt Chapman signed his extension before Posey took over, but his first big move was bringing in free-agent shortstop Willy Adames.
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To fix this, the team altered the fabrication process and introduced an in situ crosslinking agent directly into the polymer film during its formation.
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Police said the driver then put the vehicle back into reverse.
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So, in many places that will mean a move to renewables, especially in transportation (and) electric vehicles.
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In a strange twist, the potential buyer reportedly smelled a rat and reached out to someone with the company, to make sure the machinery hadn’t been stolen.
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Kyodo News agency reported that the two Japanese nationals are employees of a major Japanese machinery maker, and one of them works at its Chinese subsidiary.
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Bonta, alongside a multi-state coalition of attorneys general, filed another lawsuit against the agency in response.
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Neither agency responded immediately to USA TODAY's request for comment.
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Using a mechanism known as attention, transformers compare every token in a sequence to every other token in that sequence.
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The combination of heat and humidity can be dangerous for humans, because humidity impacts how sweat evaporates, and that’s a cooling mechanism.
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His attorneys said his blood sugar levels were only checked once a month in the jail, putting him at risk of organ failure or even death.
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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.
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“Instrumentality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/instrumentality. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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