: 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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In the age of print, Hamburg was the birthplace of magazine publishing, and Paris the birthplace of the literary review and the gossip rag; but restless, immoral London was where the advice column first transformed people’s private lives into object lessons for ethical behavior.
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Merve Emre, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
Within hours, Petro had relented, and his humiliation provided an object lesson for other leaders.
—Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 8 May 2025
This, my friends, is an object lesson in innovation management.
—Dev Patnaik, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
The two men are an object lesson in the pitfalls of trying to do Trumpism without Trump.
—Drew Nelles, Time, 28 Apr. 2025
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Merve Emre, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
Within hours, Petro had relented, and his humiliation provided an object lesson for other leaders.
—Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 8 May 2025
This, my friends, is an object lesson in innovation management.
—Dev Patnaik, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
The two men are an object lesson in the pitfalls of trying to do Trumpism without Trump.
—Drew Nelles, Time, 28 Apr. 2025
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“Object lesson.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/object%20lesson. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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