: 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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Post-Brexit British politics—the chaos and then collapse of the Conservative leadership—offered an object lesson.
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Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
An object lesson in the power of cinema to evoke atmosphere and the sense of an invisible world beyond the veil of the visible.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 16 Jan. 2025
The restoration of Puerto Rico’s power grid is a timely object lesson on the vulnerabilities of modern electrical networks and on the emerging technological options for minimizing those vulnerabilities.
—IEEE Spectrum, 12 Mar. 2018
Unfortunately, the episode has been an object lesson in the limitations of sanctions as a policy tool.
—Emma Ashford, Foreign Affairs, 22 Nov. 2017
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Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
An object lesson in the power of cinema to evoke atmosphere and the sense of an invisible world beyond the veil of the visible.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 16 Jan. 2025
The restoration of Puerto Rico’s power grid is a timely object lesson on the vulnerabilities of modern electrical networks and on the emerging technological options for minimizing those vulnerabilities.
—IEEE Spectrum, 12 Mar. 2018
Unfortunately, the episode has been an object lesson in the limitations of sanctions as a policy tool.
—Emma Ashford, Foreign Affairs, 22 Nov. 2017
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“Object lesson.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/object%20lesson. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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