: something that serves as a practical example of a principle or abstract idea
Examples of object lesson in a Sentence
His life story is an object lesson in how not to run a business.
Recent Examples on the WebFulbright’s life is an object lesson about global-mindedness in an age of political rancor.—Charles King, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2021 In another, two missionaries throw a football and a Frisbee through an obstacle course in a church gym — an object lesson meant to visualize how Jesus Christ can help people overcome challenges.—Lauren Jackson, New York Times, 10 May 2024 Two recent incidents offer object lessons on how not to.—Don Yaeger, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024 Reading even one return — let alone the 250 or so that the Rancho students put their hands on last year — is a kind of object lesson in personal finance.—Ron Lieber, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2024 Become a Subscriber But The Greatest Capitalist Who Ever Lived, a briskly told biography of Thomas J. Watson Jr., IBM’s mid-20th-century CEO, makes clear that the history of the company offers much more than an object lesson about complacent Goliaths.—Deborah Cohen, The Atlantic, 13 Dec. 2023 The last two years have offered an object lesson in how unresponsive the fossil fuel industry, in particular, is to prices.—Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 8 Feb. 2023 Starting next year, even Happy Meal toys will be made out of cardboard, which makes Happy Meals another object lesson for cardboard-as-public-morality.—Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2023 But here is an object lesson for investors and the American public in how progressive virtue-signaling is used to conceal business vices.—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 17 Nov. 2022
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