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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. ​

Example Sentences

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It may set an example for other strongmen too: Max is now available for download in dozens of countries allied with Moscow.

From The Wall Street Journal

To take just one example, Australia - led by a Labour government from which this government often takes inspiration - has halved its fuel taxes.

From BBC

The extra cents you pay at the pump are used to fund roads and other transportation infrastructure, making them a perfect example of user-pays excise taxes.

From MarketWatch

“This year is a perfect example of warm snow drought,” said Andrew Schwartz, the lab’s director.

From Los Angeles Times

These are examples of what Block describes as convex trades, which have a non-linear, upward payoff profile but have limited downside exposure to adverse moves.

From MarketWatch