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[in-stuhns] / ˈɪn stəns /




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The generous funding, moreover, allowed scientists and engineers to buy and build expensive equipment—for instance, anechoic chambers to create the world’s quietest rooms.

From The Wall Street Journal

The crash was merely the latest instance in which his career has been disrupted by a moment behind the wheel.

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So I think that in certain instances, hedging explains consumer behavior; in other instances, it may not.

From Barron's

Mr. Clark asks us to regard the tale of the two pastors’ ruination as comparable to modern-day instances of reputational destruction.

From The Wall Street Journal

It is not simply that the curators have tidied up before letting the public in: Woolf’s “writing lodge” at Monk’s House in Sussex, England, for instance, is suspiciously clear of crumpled envelopes and broken cigarette-holders.

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