Definitions

example

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

NOUN

instance, model

Synonyms

STRONGEST

case illustration lesson object part pattern precedent symbol

STRONG

archetype citation copy excuse exemplar exemplification ideal original paradigm paragon prototype quotation representation sample sampling specimen standard stereotype

WEAK

case history case in point for instance kind of thing

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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A child's shirt for example costs the equivalent of between $15 to $30, while a kilo of chocolates can be even pricier.

From Barron's

For example, when less cold water comes to the surface off the west coast of South America during El Niño events, fewer nutrients rise from the bottom of the ocean.

From BBC

Evolve, for example, opened a century ago as a bank for farming communities in eastern Arkansas.

From MarketWatch

“This approval is another example of the commission swiftly approving a transaction that supports the EU’s defense sector without harming competition in Europe,” the commission said in a statement Tuesday.

From The Wall Street Journal

Things Google already knows about our search history have made YouTube’s algorithm even more successful, for example.

From The Wall Street Journal

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