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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.
—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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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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However, most institutions have to tap their reserves or regular operating revenue from other sources to come up with the scholarship increases, and at some point that becomes a dangerous means of survival.—
Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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Traditional means of information weren’t far behind search engines.—
Lorraine Ali,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2026
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He can be seen in one clip pushing over and seemingly breaking the piano, then walking away from the instrument.—
Raven Brunner,
PEOPLE,
1 June 2026
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The instrument is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity that was issued by Graceland Records in 1995 and unique images.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
1 June 2026
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The real payoff is in watching Jackie, along with the actress playing her, slowly molt out of brand protection mode, and the always likable Goldstein is content to accept his role as a mere agent of that change.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
4 June 2026
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Epstein told them to wait, walked over to the agents himself, and returned ten minutes later.—
James Hill,
ABC News,
4 June 2026
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He was also accused of unauthorized use of a vehicle, though the charge was later dropped.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
1 June 2026
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The vehicle was heading east on Ninth Avenue at the time, police added.—
City News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 May 2026
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The modest growth was partly driven by robust investment in data center machinery and equipment, the statistics bureau said.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
3 June 2026
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Since late May, excavators and other heavy machinery have entered the area, opening access routes, digging into the sand, clearing land among pine trees and installing fencing.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 June 2026
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Instead, pluralism, naturally associated with diversity and popular agency, was made into the cultural face of capitalism—it was branded as a false openness mimicking the free market, as a flattening that might cause art and art history to lose the threads of progress and quality.—
Katy Siegel,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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Aguilar was taken into custody during a SWAT operation involving multiple law enforcement agencies.—
Sophia Compton,
FOXNews.com,
2 June 2026
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By 2018, when Clémentin Bouquet joined the lab, the team was confident in its findings and ready to dig into the underlying mechanisms.—
Siddhant Pusdekar,
Quanta Magazine,
1 June 2026
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Partnerships between university research groups and commercial entities have historically served as one mechanism for de-risking early-stage process improvements before they are committed to a production line.—
Aditya Jadhav,
Interesting Engineering,
1 June 2026
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The larvae feed on the host and can damage vital organs or cause serious bacterial infections.—
Jen Christensen,
CNN Money,
4 June 2026
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How Vagus Nerve Stimulation Devices Work The vagus nerve is the largest and longest of the twelve cranial nerves, running from the brainstem to organs throughout the head, neck and body.—
Samantha Agate,
Miami Herald,
4 June 2026
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“Instrumentality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/instrumentality. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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