INSTRUMENTALITY Synonyms: 40 Similar Words

instrumentality

noun

ˌin(t)-strə-mən-ˈta-lə-tē

Definition of instrumentality

as in means

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. — 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 See All Example Sentences for instrumentality

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Noun

The Gulf states have experimented with ship-to-ship transfers and other means of moving crude around Iranian restrictions.

— Hamidreza Azizi, Time, 29 Aug. 2026
Living with endometriosis means becoming an expert on highly specialized ingredients and constantly cross-checking product labels.

— Bella Webb, Vogue, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of means

Noun

During an operation, a surgeon controls robotic arms fitted with small instruments while viewing the surgical area through a three-dimensional vision system.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026
In the meantime, the observatory will go through commissioning — testing out its instruments in space and deploying the antenna that will relay Roman’s massive imagery back to Earth.

— Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of instrument

Noun

Rogue OpenAI agents’ unprecedented coordination during the Hugging Face attack significantly increases the risk of AI escaping human control, analysts said, days after investigators released a bombshell report into the incident.

— Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 30 Aug. 2026
This was followed by the creation of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) on July 22 to handle espionage and resistance agents, and the first raids were already being carried out.

— David Szondy August 30, New Atlas, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of agent

Noun

Police said the two of them then left in separate vehicles, with the woman following Jacobs to try to get her phone back.

— Steve Megargee, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026
After flooding the courtyard, crushing vehicles and destroying part of one of the surrounding buildings, the liquid flowed into the buildings’ lower floors, where workers were holding morning meetings.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of vehicle

Noun

The two agencies notified several individuals in the Virginia political world that their phones had been tapped as part of the investigation into Lucas.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 4 Sep. 2026
While more than 100 law enforcement agencies across the country have ended their contracts with Flock Safety in recent weeks over privacy concerns, the company and the state of Georgia are deeply tied to one another.

— Irene Wright, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of agency

Noun

View gallery - 4 images For decades, the recipe for a premium folding bicycle has been to engineer a smart hinge mechanism, choose your metal and fire up the welding torch.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 29 Aug. 2026
The mechanism is worth understanding because oil is particularly susceptible to it.

— Robert Rapier, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of mechanism

Noun

The now-familiar blend of folk, soul, and psychedelia dominates the album aesthetically, though James took spiritual cues from recordings of meditative organ performances by Alice Coltrane.

— Ryan Leas, Pitchfork, 28 Aug. 2026
Like eyes, ears and lungs, a person can live a relatively normal and active life if one organ in the natural set fails.

— Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 28 Aug. 2026

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