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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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From January to July 2025, for example, registered local enterprises received 147 million yuan in tax reductions and exemptions.

From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026

They had been catching candidates claiming to be in Florida, for example, but actually residing in Brazil.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

The princesses' skulls, for example, were lost during the early 1900s.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026

The audience for Nickelodeon’s “SpongeBob SquarePants,” for example, was primarily young millennials, but the sensibilities of its Gen X writers are all over it.

From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026

In 4/4 or 2/4 time, for example, the macrobeat is represented by quarter notes, while in 3/4 time it is represented by the dotted half.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

Related Words

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