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Example Sentences

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The first floor bar area, for instance, is actually housed in a different building across the dirt street.

From Los Angeles Times

USC opened Tuesday, for instance, with three bigs starting and one guard who wasn’t on the team a month ago.

From Los Angeles Times

The argument I hear within government is they are ditching the bit that is unpopular, but keeping something people might choose to use themselves because it could make accessing public services easier, for instance.

From BBC

The dispute appears to be the first instance of litigation between major private-equity players over a continuation fund.

From The Wall Street Journal

Adams later called his comments “hyperbole,” but they were not the first instance of the comic writer courting controversy.

From Salon