for example

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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Example Sentences

A starting time set by the committee is treated as an exact time - for example, 9am means 9:00:00 am, not any time until 9:01am.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

"This could unlock new insights into dinosaurs, for example revealing connections between dinosaur species that remain unknown."

From Science Daily • May 14, 2026

“Shard I,” for example, is an uptempo work from Messrs. Moran and Gilmore that is soon abetted by tape loops and refractions of their playing.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

Morgan are calling for a much bigger slowdown, for example, predicting just 0.2% month-over-month growth.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

In comparison, the first runs of popular books in the 1850s, The Scarlet Letter or Moby-Dick for example, were less than 3,000 copies.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

Related Words

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