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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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Fox News, for example, ran segments addressing the conspiracy theories.

From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2026

The National Institutes of Health, for example, awarded out about $427 million in federal research funds to UC San Diego last year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

Polygenic risk scores, for example, combine the effects of many genetic variants into a single measure of inherited risk.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 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

The smaller the instrument, the higher the pitch, for example.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

Related Words

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