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Recent Examples of instrumental
To Mike Hopkins, your steadfast leadership has been instrumental in shaping Prime Video’s new vision and success.
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Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2025
Therapists call these activities of daily living (ADLs) or instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs).
—Sarah Bence, Verywell Health, 17 Sep. 2025
Frank Hernandez, dean of the College of Education, said the program is instrumental in helping students reach college and succeed there.
—Silas Allen
september 16, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Sep. 2025
Advertisement Hun Manet’s gushing reception of Anutin given the nadir bilateral relations had just reached has raised a lot of eyebrows—not least given his father’s leaking of a phone call with Anutin’s predecessor was instrumental to her dismissal.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 15 Sep. 2025
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Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2025
Therapists call these activities of daily living (ADLs) or instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs).
—Sarah Bence, Verywell Health, 17 Sep. 2025
Frank Hernandez, dean of the College of Education, said the program is instrumental in helping students reach college and succeed there.
—Silas Allen
september 16, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Sep. 2025
Advertisement Hun Manet’s gushing reception of Anutin given the nadir bilateral relations had just reached has raised a lot of eyebrows—not least given his father’s leaking of a phone call with Anutin’s predecessor was instrumental to her dismissal.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 15 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for instrumental
Adjective
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Collaboration across the value chain is essential.—
Michaila Byrne,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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Some of these minerals include those essential to the production of phones and computer chips.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
17 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Good historians and talented fiction writers can tease out human qualities from such personages while acknowledging their fundamental distance from our own time.—
Will Collins,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Sep. 2025
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The achievement could open doors not only for probing fundamental physics but also for creating ultra-precise sensors.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Is Executive Order 14224 even necessary?—
Doug Melville,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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The partial closure order was coordinated with the Fresno County Sheriff's Office, along with multiple local, state, and federal agency cooperators, to identify the minimum area necessary for the safety of firefighting resources and forest visitors.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
14 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The bending temporarily creates the requisite imbalance, enabling the radiation to force it into rotation.—
Joseph Howlett,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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Those with the requisite appetite for chaos stick around, thrive, and in the process become even more comfortable with uncertainty.—
Dave Winsborough,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Rental companies provide maps and basic instructions, then let passengers set off at their own pace, picnic baskets in hand.—
David Nikel,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Change is inevitable, but the rapid destruction of the basic precepts upon which our government was formed is beyond dangerous.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Here are five practical ways to replace the pressure of being indispensable with high-impact influence that grows your career and supports your team.—
Sho Dewan,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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In the early twentieth century, Einstein formulated equations for the peculiarly relative flow of time, now an indispensable part of the workings of all GPS systems.—
Alan Lightman
September 12,
Literary Hub,
12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The nature center also offers adventures for little ones, including a dig pit, a bird blind, easy trails, and programming for toddlers and elementary-aged children.—
Gabi De la Rosa,
Southern Living,
12 Sep. 2025
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And from January 2023 to June 2024, more than 800 instances of swatting were recorded at elementary, middle, and high schools, according to the K-12 School Shootings Database.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Instrumental.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/instrumental. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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