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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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for example

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

That is why people with Alzheimer's may struggle to recall a family holiday, a conversation with a friend or somebody's name, for example.

From BBC ● 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 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

Mickey Shea, for example, I picture as the class clown.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

Related Words

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