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Idioms  

1. Also, for instance. As an illustration of something, as in Dress casually, in blue jeans, for example, or This program has problems—for instance, it's hard to retrieve lost data. The first expression, which dates from the late 1500s, is used throughout this book to illustrate how an idiom is used. The variant dates from the mid-1600s.

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Island manzanita and chamise, for example, develop deep root systems that can survive fires on the surface and resprout from the base.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

"In the very short term, there is very little that governments can do. They can subsidise, for example, the price of fertiliser input... or fuel through subsidies," he said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

When I asked if the robots could load the dishwasher, for example, Pinkerton said yes, but caveated that they’ve broken a dish before while working with a customer who agreed to the risk.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

Germany’s RTL reported that uploading older episodes of its action series “Cobra 11” to the platform, for example, drove a 26% increase in related subscriptions for the broadcaster’s own streaming service.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

But consider: If even in our own uncomfortably modern times, there are ideas and feelings that are perfectly expressed in no other way but Latin—“tempus fugit,” for example, or “alma mater,” or “Et tu, Brute?”

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

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