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Example Sentences

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Men attempting to conceive are told to avoid heat to the genitals, e.g., avoiding hot tubs and biking shorts.

From Slate • Apr. 16, 2026

“The outperformance appears to be owed to the dense clusters of advanced service industries, e.g. banking, finance and legal services, where RTO has been more prevalent.”

From MarketWatch • Dec. 8, 2025

President Donald Trump’s Commerce Department upped the ante in September, determining that entities restrictions extended to any subsidiaries, e.g.,

From Barron's • Nov. 6, 2025

“This demographic decline is due to both lower birth rates and net migration of families with children out of California — e.g., due to housing costs and the growth of work-from-home employment.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2025

Be pretentious in your writing and toss in an occasional e.g. or i.e.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner