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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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In the latest example, Burkinabe singer Issouf Manem-Yam was forced to apologise for past remarks seen as insulting towards Ivorians after his Abidjan concert planned mid-October was axed.

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026

The head of Fremantle's commercial and international arm, Jens Richter, has called the project "an exciting example of how technology and creative thinking can unlock new value" from their catalogue.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

Many TikToks users swear that the ideal time to search for flights is 3 a.m. on a Tuesday, for example.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

For example, while spending in the U.S. on power-related construction was up about 9% in August, spending on residential construction was down about 5%, according to Census Bureau data.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

For example, our plan for the weekend is to harvest two taro patches and plant another.

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila

If only other politicians would learn from the examples set by Eisenhower, JFK, George W. Bush and Golda Meir—leaders who didn’t duck the hard fights and who accepted responsibility when things went wrong.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

Common examples include wall squats, planks, and handgrip exercises.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2026

He showcases what he means by “dishonest” with one of the first, and prime, examples in the book.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

As research continues to tell us more about DARVO, highly visible examples appear regularly in the news cycle.

From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2026

But it would be dangerous to rely on examples such as this to support an oversimplified view of the role of experience.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

“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

The doings of the Black Prince might, also be exampled as inducing the study of the geography of northern France.

From She and I, Volume 2 A Love Story. A Life History. by John C. (John Conroy) Hutcheson

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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