examples

noun

plural of example
as in samples
one of a group or collection that shows what the whole is like a war bonnet that is a fine example of Native American handicraft

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Recent Examples of examples Today, Japanese designers are firmly established on the vintage market and early examples can command extraordinary prices. — Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 12 Oct. 2026 There were loads of other striking red carpet moments in London, too, Florence Pugh’s corseted Wiederhoeft gown and Scarlett Johansson’s red-hot custom Prada dress being two prime examples. — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 11 Oct. 2026 It will be limited to just 200 examples, half of which will be coupes, while the other half will be open-top spyders. — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 10 Oct. 2026 These are examples of how Swedes like to tackle hard problems. — Jan Larsson, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026 There were demos of GitHub Copilot coding locally without expensive cloud tokens; a long list of models that can now run locally; examples of agents like OpenClaw, Hermes, and Perplexity; and even deeper integration of Copilot in Windows. — Tom Warren, The Verge, 9 Oct. 2026 Historical examples are useful here, in particular the Vietnam War, during which American credibility was at stake in unprecedented ways. — Christopher Nichols, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2026 On a single day late last month, a citizen and a noncitizen—one in Illinois, the other in Texas—became the most recent examples of this new reality. — Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026 In court documents, Fox's legal team noted that Thomson does not have concrete examples of specific claims being made about him. — David Folkenflik, NPR, 4 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for examples
  1. samples
  2. instances
  3. illustrations
  4. specimens
  5. cases
Noun
  • To profile their activity in patients with SCLC, the researchers analyzed tumor samples and non-affected biopsies from a dozen patients using single-cell RNA sequencing and immunophenotyping.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 15 Oct. 2026
  • There, an ominous cloud settled over Holden’s every word, with a stream of samples that made the beats feel textured and lush.
    — Matthew Ritchie, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of samples
Noun
  • There have been many instances where players will contort their body, flail around and insinuate hard contact leading to foul calls for years.
    — Scott Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026
  • In some instances, federal agencies have mounted criminal cases against recipients of taxpayer money earmarked for homelessness services.
    — Audrey McGlinchy, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of instances
Noun
  • But the Iran example – and particularly the ongoing episodic closures of the Strait of Hormuz – is one of the best illustrations today of how merely invoking credibility to act is not the same as having an overall endgame strategy.
    — Christopher Nichols, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Getting answers requires hunting for clues scattered throughout the text; for example, looking for differences in images on the book’s website and illustrations in the book, or using certain page numbers as map coordinates.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of illustrations
Noun
  • These features lend his work an air of cruelty, making people seem like specimens in the hands of a researcher bound by no scientific ethics or norms.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Ghana and Namibia refused to sign up over concerns about data and specimens, while Zimbabwe lost all US health aid last month.
    — Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of specimens
Noun
  • Those findings may help developers evaluate design choices and build stronger technical cases for future projects.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Protesters have broken into schools and, in some cases, set fire to occupied or blockaded buildings.
    — Nicholas Bequelin, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of cases

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“Examples.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/examples. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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