instrumentality
noun
the quality or state of being instrumental.
instrumentalities
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pluralof instrumentality.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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In his ruling, Stein wrote that affidavits supporting requests for search warrants only needed to establish probable cause that searches would turn up “evidence, fruits, or instrumentalities of a crime.”
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 4, 2024
In an email sent by a spokeswoman on Monday, Kennedy described his statement as “a factual observation that technology has given an arsenal of frightening instrumentalities to totalitarian elements.”
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 24, 2022
Cars are instrumentalities of death and injury, not because producers and purchasers intend this, but because cars are involved in crashes and crashes cause death and injury.
From Slate ● Mar. 23, 2018
Valid, time-tested methods exist to allow law enforcement to seize contraband, profits and instrumentalities via legitimate criminal prosecution.
From Washington Post
Relation of the antagonism between the Messiah and the great Adversary to the local, personal, and visible Manifestations of the former—Modes of Visibility on the part of the latter, through human agents and various instrumentalities.
From The Messiah in Moses and the Prophets by Eleazar Lord
