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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
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
Other authorizers cannot operate instrumentality charter schools.
—Rory Linnane, Journal Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2023
State and local governments, agencies and instrumentalities of the federal government, and nonprofits were not eligible for payments.
—Marie Sapirie, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
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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
Other authorizers cannot operate instrumentality charter schools.
—Rory Linnane, Journal Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2023
State and local governments, agencies and instrumentalities of the federal government, and nonprofits were not eligible for payments.
—Marie Sapirie, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
See all Example Sentences for instrumentality
Recent Examples of Synonyms for instrumentality
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The need to capture not only each singer and instrument but all of the crowd noise meant Maitland often had 40 tracks recording at once, all of them using microphones that were period correct to replicate how the performances would have sounded in the early 1960s.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
11 Feb. 2025
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The agency operates a fleet of 18 satellites that are packed with instruments dedicated to observing weather phenomena essential to predicting the weather, from how hot the land surface is to the water content of the atmosphere.—
Christine Wiedinmyer,
The Conversation,
11 Feb. 2025
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The relationship between the Cubs and the Japanese player came into focus during Major League Baseball’s Winter Meetings, where Wasserman agent Joel Wolfe told reporters that the club had broached the subject of Suzuki potentially waiving his no-trade clause.—
Patrick Mooney,
The Athletic,
15 Feb. 2025
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One is focused on the agent, while the other stares at the man being scanned.—
Vicky Hallett,
NPR,
15 Feb. 2025
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Nearly as hard as diamond and with a high energy density, tungsten is critical in the manufacture of weapons such as armor-piercing rounds, as well as having a range of civilian applications, from light bulbs to electric vehicle batteries.—
Kristan Hawkins,
Newsweek,
7 Feb. 2025
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The initial investigation conducted by the Scott County Sheriff’s Office reported that the vehicle being driven by Martin was traveling northbound on Townline Avenue, crossed over the southbound lane and went into the west ditch before striking a tree.—
Julia Fomby,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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These auctions often feature vehicles, office equipment, electronics, industrial machinery and even real estate.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
14 Feb. 2025
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Trump has imposed 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum, which could push the cost of cars, appliances and industrial machinery higher.—
CHRISTOPHER RUGABER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
arkansasonline.com,
13 Feb. 2025
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But Republicans have criticized the agency as being unaccountable and exceeding its legal authority.—
Bart Jansen,
USA TODAY,
11 Feb. 2025
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And then that very afternoon, a district judge nominated by Trump in 2019, blocked the administration’s plan to put 2,200 U.S. AID employees on administrative leave and withdraw nearly all of the agency’s workers from overseas.—
Philip Elliott,
TIME,
10 Feb. 2025
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As Yuval Levin of the American Enterprise Institute points out, there are ways to put teeth in a more stringent age restriction, create a reliable mechanism for age verification, and give those parents who desperately want their young kids on social media a way to opt in.—
Rich Lowry,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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In many cases, destructive behavior could be a coping mechanism for the stress of being left alone.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
7 Feb. 2025
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Endometriosis occurs when tissue similar to the uterine lining grows outside the uterus, potentially affecting various organs, including the bladder and bowel.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
15 Feb. 2025
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No fall broke her hip and spirit, no disease ravaged her organs, no fog stole her reasoning.—
Dan Pompei,
The Athletic,
14 Feb. 2025
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“Instrumentality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/instrumentality. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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