example
example
nounDefinition of EXAMPLE
one of a group or collection that shows what the whole is like <a war bonnet that is a fine example of Native American handicraft>
Synonyms case, exemplar, exemplification, illustration, instance, prototype, representative, sample, specimen
Related Words archetype, classic, locus classicus, paradigm; cross section, microcosm; evidence, indication, manifestation, sign
Phrases case in point
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