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[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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From next year's contest, the backing track may not "unduly assist" the singer or singers on stage, for example by including a pre-recorded voice singing the main melody to thicken or support the live performance.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

The new gadget can detect, for example, if keys fall behind a sofa.

From Barron's Aug. 12, 2026

When asked how Acadian was incorporating artificial intelligence into its analysis, McNerney said one example was using natural-language processing as part of its analysis of peer groups.

From MarketWatch Aug. 12, 2026

If the inflation rate falls, for example from 4% to 3%, that doesn’t mean that prices have fallen, only that they are rising more slowly.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

A bond backed entirely by subprime mortgages, for example, wasn’t called a subprime mortgage bond.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

In my case, my 2023 Mercedes EQS had an end-of-lease buyout of nearly $60,000, between $15,000 and $20,000 higher than what used examples were fetching from retailers like CarMax.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

Importantly, the researchers identified examples in which bacteria and archaea appear to have independently developed different enzymes capable of performing the same essential metabolic task.

From Science Daily Aug. 12, 2026

It then rattled off examples including Chan’s opposition to Wiener’s state law to streamline housing projects.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

Jamelle Bouie: I would bring up some other examples, too.

From Slate Aug. 10, 2026

“Dull and boring are fine examples of synonyms.”

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

“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

What this may be is best exampled by our harlequinades, in which very much of Boccaccio's bent still survives.

From Little Novels of Italy by Maurice Henry Hewlett

This fact was exampled when he came to Jim’s table.

From The One-Way Trail A story of the cattle country by Ridgwell Cullum

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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