for instance

1 of 2

noun

fə-ˈrin(t)-stənts 

ˈfrin(t)-

: example

I'll give you a for instance.

for instance

2 of 2

phrase

fə-ˈrin(t)-stən(t)s 

ˈfrin(t)-

: as an instance or example

older people, like my grandmother, for instance

Examples of for instance in a Sentence

Noun

Let me give you a for instance.

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

On Mac, for instance, users can use a new keyboard shortcut to select a portion of the screen to then ask Siri a question. —Greta Cross, USA Today, 8 June 2026

Some are seasonally inappropriate—for instance, winter puffers in a city where the temperature rarely falls below 77 degrees Fahrenheit—or cut for oversized Western silhouettes that dwarf the average Ghanaian body. —Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 8 June 2026

In 2024, for instance, those divisions nearly caused the program to lapse. —Joey Cappelletti, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026

The Pines, for instance, is noted for gay revelry amid geometrically precise houses by Horace Gifford, Harry Bates, and other important modernist architects. —Fred A. Bernstein, Architectural Digest, 8 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1959, in the meaning defined above