instruments
- plural of instrument.
- present tense form of instrument (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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Instruments were replaced with couches; the control room is now a walk-in closet.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2026
Its two top holdings are chip companies Qualcomm and Texas Instruments.
From Barron's • Jun. 22, 2026
He recalls his first time using a computer, navigating a pixelated “Donkey Kong” figure across the neon screen of a Texas Instruments machine.
From MarketWatch • May 23, 2026
Teradyne, Applied Materials, Texas Instruments, and Cadence Design Systems fill out the top five performers year-to-date.
From Barron's • May 8, 2026
Instruments are prostheses for thinking, and act as agents of change.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
