How to Use for instance in a Sentence
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West Nile, for instance, can take up to two weeks to show signs.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 21 Sep. 2026
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Sellers and dealers are looking ahead, thinking about the costs of storage, for instance.
—Eric D. Lawrence, Freep.com, 19 Sep. 2026
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Human toothpaste, for instance, may contain xylitol, which is toxic to dogs.
—Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2026
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So like for instance, going back to the very beginning, Schrödinger’s approach with wave mechanics.
—Quanta Magazine, 17 Sep. 2026
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New York, for instance, requires you to display the highest total price a customer will pay, not a percentage.
—Robert Day, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026
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Darren Waller, who played his first game for the Panthers Sunday, was left impressed, for instance.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 14 Sep. 2026
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Emily Blunt’s comments, for instance, felt less like cruelty and more like fright, which is a different thing to be upset about.
—Corbin Bolies, Variety, 14 Sep. 2026
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And that’s a pretty different kind of unanswerable question than, for instance, how the universe began.
—Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2026
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In Cuba, for instance, the single format is dominant, and very few artists have dared to create a true concept album.
—Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 25 Sep. 2026
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Josh Kerr, for instance, set a mile world record in July and revised his British 1,500m record in the process.
—Liam Tharme, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
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But there would be no run-of-the-mill rout, such as last year’s 51-14 win over Eastern Washington, for instance.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 20 Sep. 2026
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The Kohl’s store at Kendall’s Palms at Town and Country strip center, for instance, has Claire’s merch.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2026
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Consider, for instance, what happened to the memorandum of understanding the two sides signed in June in hopes of stopping the war.
—Ali Vaez, Foreign Affairs, 29 Sep. 2026
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There was a bevy of, perhaps, bigger celebrities in attendance - Brunson was seated next to Ben Stiller, for instance.
—Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026
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This Guest in Residence miniskirt, for instance, features a modern wraparound silhouette, side button closure, and hints of pink.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026
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The 10-year Treasury, for instance, strongly influences mortgage rates and this week topped 5% for the first time since 2023.
—Christopher Rugaber, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
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Mankind had yet to land on the moon, for instance, which took place weeks later during a Royals doubleheader against the White Sox at Comiskey Park.
—Kansas City Star, 24 Sep. 2026
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In the case of Aries, for instance, this Fire sign has everything to do with individuality, assertion and the raw instinct to act on one’s desires.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2026
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Neptune retrograde in Aries, for instance, asks us to question everything from our levels of assertion to our individual freedom.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026
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In one county, for instance, an agricultural commissioner fined a farmer $2,000 for failing to provide safety training for workers who applied pesticides in fields.
—Robert J. Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026
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Schiff acknowledged a wide array of potential outcomes for the adoption of AI across the economy, noting, for instance, cyberattacks that could prove small-scale or catastrophic.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026
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California, for instance, suspended its nonpartisan maps with a referendum last year in response to Texas’ redistricting measures.
—Matt Brown, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
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The American Heart Association has a very comprehensive page on their website dedicated to healthy living, for instance.
—Eric Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2026
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On a third-and-one play against the Las Vegas Raiders, for instance, the shotgun snap caromed off the knee of receiver Tre’ Harris, who was running closely behind the line from right to left.
—Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026
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The Rag & Bone Cam Relaxed Straight Jean, for instance, is an excellent example of a straight-leg jean in a contemporary lower rise and classic wash.
—Irene Richardson, InStyle, 17 Sep. 2026
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Then there are features and production credits (Ovrkast, for instance, recently produced a song from Drake’s Iceman) that the artist will have to track down the rights owner and distributors for to update the data.
—Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2026
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Zakat, for instance, is payable to the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the country’s largest Muslim lobbying group.
—Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 20 Sep. 2026
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In 2024, for instance, the state collected more than $40,000 from the family of an East Hartford man who died after two police officers slammed him to the floor.
—Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 28 Sep. 2026
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Denigrating the relationship—deciding, for instance, that the rejecter was evil, dishonest, unworthy of your respect or time— devalues your own history, in effect consigning the whole relationship to the trash bin.
—George Loewenstein, Vogue, 28 Sep. 2026
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Protection laws vary by country – for instance, a breeder in Japan who wants to prevent their unique variety from being copied in China or South Korea would need to apply for protection separately in those countries.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026
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