instance
noun
a case or occurrence of anything.
Example Sentences
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“We’ve seen it in so many instances: If you build it, they will come. You plant a milkweed, monarchs show up the very next season.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
Yes, you can see two apps—or two instances of the same app—side by side.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
Beale said there had been instances of guests running up and down the hallways, pressing all the buzzers in the stair and throwing things out the window onto the street.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
Of the 55 instances that researchers examined in the 2017 study, seven athletes did not return to their sport.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
But in both of those instances, they would have piped the noise directly into whatever building the kids were in.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
