for example

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.

Example Sentences

Women, for example are not allowed to sing solo in front of men.

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If you have, for example, four children born before that date, then you will still receive the additional payments.

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Mills said to expect more crossovers in the future—the husbands of the Mormon wives are scheduled to visit “Vanderpump Villa” next season, for example—and potential spinoffs.

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Filibustering means deliberately wasting time during a debate, for example by making overly long speeches or raising unnecessary procedural points, so a bill is "talked out" and cannot make progress within the time allowed.

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The September employment report and September producer-price index, for example, are expected to be published next week.

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Related Words

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