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example

[ig-zam-puhl, -zahm-] / ɪgˈzæm pəl, -ˈzɑm- /


Usage

What synonym should I use for example? Example as a sample: Example, sample, specimen refer to an individual phenomenon taken as representative of a type, or to a part representative of the whole. Example is used of an object, condition, etc., that is assumed to illustrate a certain principle or standard: a good example of baroque architecture. Sample refers to a small portion of a substance or to a single representative of a group or type that is intended to show what the rest of the substance or the group is like: a sample of yarn. Specimen usually suggests that the “sample” chosen is intended to serve a scientific or technical purpose: a blood specimen; zoological specimens. Example as a pattern: See ideal. Example as a specimen: See case1. ​

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Standard & Poor’s, for example, waits until a stock has been publicly traded for at least a year and has turned a profit in four quarters, including the quarter prior to its addition.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

It was another example of the solipsistic specialness these media panjandrums possess.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

For example, teenage births in the United States have been falling since the early 1990s, long before the dawn of the smartphone.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

"It's all a great deal slower than in cancer research, for example."

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

“I am setting a good example for the children,” she explained to Margaret, who could scarcely believe her eyes.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood




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