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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
As an example
Example:
take ribbon snakes, for example
Synonyms:
e.g.; for example; for instance
Classified under:
Context examples:
For instance, your friend might be your roommate and not be able to pay this month’s rent.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
The term benign indicates the absence of morphologic features associated with malignancy (for instance severe atypia, nuclear pleomorphism, tumor cell necrosis, and abnormal mitoses).
(Benign Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
If he should have a numerous family, for instance, it would be a very convenient addition.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
These can be used, for instance, to specify proprietary properties and in-house processing hints.
(Extendable Class, NCI Thesaurus)
In some cases the titles had been altered: "Finis," for instance, being changed to "The Finish," and "The Song of the Outer Reef" to "The Song of the Coral Reef."
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Nothing could be more natural than the sequence of events as narrated by this lady, and nothing stranger than the result when viewed, for instance, by Mr. Lestrade of Scotland Yard.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The variant on chromosome 7, for instance, is close to AUTS2, a gene that has been linked to alcohol consumption, as well as others that relate to brain development and sleep-related electric signaling.
(Can't Sleep? Could Be Down to Genetics, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
For instance, nearly 200 genes begin at locations other than those predicted based on genetic sequence.
(Revealing the human proteome, NIH)
Now, for instance, it was reckoned a remarkable thing, at the last party in my rooms, that upon an average we cleared about five pints a head.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
For instance, they walked faster, over greater distances, and took shorter rests than flies that had normal levels of microbes.
(Gut bacteria may control movement, National Institutes of Health)
