for instance

noun

: example
I'll give you a for instance

Examples of for instance in a Sentence

Let me give you a for instance.
Recent Examples on the Web San Francisco, for instance, allows resident noncitizen parents and guardians to vote in school board elections, and some cities in Maryland and Vermont allow noncitizens to vote in municipal elections. Miles Parks, NPR, 12 Apr. 2024 This extends, for instance, to giving election deniers their say — though probably not for the same reasons someone like Watters might. Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 12 Apr. 2024 The individual who was infected in Colorado in 2022, for instance, had direct exposure to birds and to culling poultry. CNN: Can bird flu be transmitted from person to person? Katia Hetter, CNN, 11 Apr. 2024 In 2022, for instance, the US limited the country’s access to the chips and chipmaking technology needed to develop the most advanced AI algorithms. Will Knight, WIRED, 11 Apr. 2024 In Britain, for instance, there was some outrage when the protagonist of an otherwise faithful Agatha Christie adaptation was revised to be a Nigerian immigrant. Kabir Chibber, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2024 When speak about Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who's prosecuting the Georgia election fraud case against Trump, the former president mocked her name during the Ohio rally, for instance. Phillip M. Bailey, USA TODAY, 31 Mar. 2024 The owner of a liquor store on Shackleford has been broken into 11 times, for instance, according to Peck. Josh Snyder, arkansasonline.com, 31 Mar. 2024 In March 2023, for instance, the company notified 9 million wireless customers that their customer information had been accessed in a breach of a third-party marketing vendor. Chloe Veltman, NPR, 30 Mar. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1959, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of for instance was in 1959

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“For instance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/for%20instance. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.

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