instance
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And yet it happened in this instance despite the high profile nature of the job and the high profile and colourful nature of the person who had got it.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
Oil prices surged, for instance, after the Russian invasion of Ukraine in early 2022.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026
This is a rare instance of an ICE agent facing criminal charges for actions related to their work.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
For instance, if you do a new museum, the conservators say art can be exposed to less daylight.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
At nine-tenths of the speed of light, for instance, a yardstick would only be 0.44 yards long, and a one-pound bag of sugar would weigh nearly 2.3 pounds—from a stationary observer's point of view.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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