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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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The Jackson campaign, for example, has rolled out slates of delegates who promise to vote for Jackson at the convention in all of Maine’s counties.

From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026

When Abrams sings about feeling like a burden on the lead single Hit The Wall, for example, her vocals are isolated in a way that emphasises her loneliness and disconnection.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

Unified is not getting enough credit for previous major budget reductions — to central office staffing, for example — that it has made.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026

Global models, for example, lack the resolution to capture climate change's impact on severe thunderstorms, even as confidence for hurricanes is higher.

From Barron's ● Jul. 16, 2026

In 4/4 or 2/4 time, for example, the macrobeat is represented by quarter notes, while in 3/4 time it is represented by the dotted half.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

Related Words

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