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for instance

[fer-in-stuhns] / fərˈɪn stəns /
CONJUNCTION
for example
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CONJUNCTION
as
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CONJUNCTION
thus
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CONJUNCTION
like
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With the Deep’s deadpan delivery, for instance, Crawford felt free to lean into his natural comedic timing.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

A nurse practitioner assisted by diagnostic AI, for instance, can handle cases that once required a physician.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Indonesia, for instance, planned to replace diesel and coal electricity-generation units with cleaner alternatives, but had been moving slowly.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Satellite technology, for instance, is being used to grasp global crude inventories “in great detail,” he said.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

What Bhaskara and others realized was that when you square a positive number, you get a positive number back; 2 times 2 equals 4, for instance.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife




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