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[in-stuhns] / ˈɪn stəns /




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In a rare instance, a US jury awarded $49.5 million in damages this month to the family of Samya Stumo, a 24-year-old American who died in the March 2019 Ethiopian Airlines crash.

From Barron's • May 23, 2026

Early investors often have astronomical gains on paper—SpaceX, for instance, was worth a measly $30.5 billion in 2018—but selling shares on the secondary market can get clunky.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

For instance: Will workers be able to take their AI counterparts when they leave a job?

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

In other parts of the world these storms are given different names - for instance, typhoons in the north-west Pacific, near Japan and China, or cyclones in the Indian Ocean and around Australia.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

He peppered his conversation with cryptic references to how much money he made, for instance.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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