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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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If someone in one of those meetings, for example, doesn’t like the way a label looks, fixing the issue can be pushed out a full month.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026

He has repeatedly said, for example, that the U.S. needs more icebreakers, ships that Trump has long viewed as critical to dominating the Arctic.

From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2026

It could just mean you had an account with that bank in the recent past — for example in the last two years, although rules will vary by bank.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026

The sodium also gets trapped, leading to, for example, the salty perspiration on the brow of a baby.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

It does not mean, for example, that if one bond goes bad, there is a 30 percent chance that the others will go bad too.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Related Words

• as
• e.g.
• for instance
• such as
• thus