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

In Kern County, for example, 3,303 mail-in ballots — or 1.95% of returned mail-in ballots — were not counted in the 2025 special election because they arrived too late.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

It did so, nominating thousands of ingredients, including, for example, purified water and asparagus.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

The school may, for example, begin allowing tenured professors to take longer leaves to work on companies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

Watching them in away games was a must, for example.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Say, for example, three hearty camels for a dozen nervous yaks with a secret fear of heights.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

Related Words

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