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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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Still, shares sank premarket, in the latest example of the high expectations that investors have for companies tied to the AI boom.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

However, some people - for example those who are unable so speak properly because of illness - have welcomed technology that can replicate a person's voice.

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

Spain's royal family hailed King Harald as an "example of responsibility, dignity, simplicity, and tireless dedication to the service" of his country.

From Barron's Aug. 28, 2026

Another, called Tessera Lab, for example, had pre-IPO tokens on SpaceX and now offer Kalshi, the prediction market, as well as Anthropic rival OpenAI.

From MarketWatch Aug. 28, 2026

This is an example of how entirely under the influence of Mrs. Underhill I was during that dreadful time.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

Sure, we have better and more appropriately inclusive examples of transness now.

From Salon Aug. 28, 2026

University of Utah geologists have now taken a detailed look inside one of the state's largest examples, the Timpanogos Rock Glacier beneath the prominent summit of Mount Timpanogos near Salt Lake City and Provo.

From Science Daily Aug. 28, 2026

Maike Currie, vice president of personal finance at savings firm PensionBee, told the BBC's Wake Up to Money that Parton set examples for others.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

Second, we get to know him through examples of his taste, of what pleased him, what he collected or was given.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 24, 2026

“It’s just wrong,” I say, looking around for more examples.

From "Watch Us Rise" by Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan

“We’ve made tremendous progress, and that progress is exampled all across the state of California — but not equally,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 9, 2022

Among the new locations are any place children “gather,” with exampled such as playgrounds, daycare facilities and school bus stops.

From Washington Times Oct. 27, 2021

The Arbitration Treaty form is well exampled in the German-Czecho-Slovakian treaty of 22 articles.

From Time Magazine Archive

In this young wood of Taahauku all these hues and combinations were exampled and repeated by the score.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson

But to the ardent youngsters who fought beneath his banner it was his to give a something priceless and unique—a something glorious to France and never before exampled in her literature. 

From Views and Reviews Essays in appreciation by William Ernest Henley

In an ecstasy of tender contemplation he turns from those to these, exampling Julia from the rose and pitying the hapless violets as though they were indeed not blooms insensitive but actually ‘poor girls neglected.’

From Views and Reviews Essays in appreciation by William Ernest Henley




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