: something that serves as a practical example of a principle or abstract idea
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His life story is an object lesson in how not to run a business.
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Cory Booker offers Democrats an object lesson in how to seize this opportunity.
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Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
After 170 rolling strikes, more than 10,000+ Southern California hotel workers ratified contracts at 34 properties with record raises—an object lesson in how collective action converts inflation anxiety into take-home pay.
—Teresa Ghilarducci, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Turning the series’ main case from an object lesson in institutional corruption into a very specific and contained crime — because this is a TV show, the presence of a serial killer borders on inevitable — denies The Rainmaker any kind of actual substance.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2025
Reading by the light of Yamanaka’s work, let this novel of terrible beauty be an object lesson in how to tell what is worth saving.
—Literary Hub, 17 June 2025
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Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
After 170 rolling strikes, more than 10,000+ Southern California hotel workers ratified contracts at 34 properties with record raises—an object lesson in how collective action converts inflation anxiety into take-home pay.
—Teresa Ghilarducci, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Turning the series’ main case from an object lesson in institutional corruption into a very specific and contained crime — because this is a TV show, the presence of a serial killer borders on inevitable — denies The Rainmaker any kind of actual substance.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2025
Reading by the light of Yamanaka’s work, let this novel of terrible beauty be an object lesson in how to tell what is worth saving.
—Literary Hub, 17 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for object lesson
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“Object lesson.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/object%20lesson. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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