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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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The upside could be enormous as the genre has produced a slew of stars; recent examples include Millie Bobbie Brown, Joseph Quinn and Sadie Sink of Stranger Things and Aimee Lou Wood, Emma Mackey and Ncuti Gatwa of Sex Education.
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Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 1 Apr. 2026
Koenigsegg still plans to build just 300 examples, all of which have already been spoken for.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 31 Mar. 2026
Against that backdrop, other examples of European refusals and hesitations are mounting.
—Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2026
Chicago is home to more than 50 winners, according to Choose Chicago, with recent examples including West Loop's Kumiko and Noah Sandoval at Oriole.
—Hannah Hudnall, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026
Commenters quickly added their own examples.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
The strategy would build on other examples, particularly the National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust, established in 2001 to invest railroad retirement assets, according to both Cassidy and Kaine.
—Lorie Konish, CNBC, 31 Mar. 2026
Bourbaki prioritized abstraction over all else, eschewing concrete examples and calculations in favor of only the most general statements.
—Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 25 Mar. 2026
The history of tech is full of examples of companies who tried to license their technology to customers while also selling an in-house product that competed with those same customers.
—Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 25 Mar. 2026
Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 1 Apr. 2026
Koenigsegg still plans to build just 300 examples, all of which have already been spoken for.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 31 Mar. 2026
Against that backdrop, other examples of European refusals and hesitations are mounting.
—Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2026
Chicago is home to more than 50 winners, according to Choose Chicago, with recent examples including West Loop's Kumiko and Noah Sandoval at Oriole.
—Hannah Hudnall, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026
Commenters quickly added their own examples.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
The strategy would build on other examples, particularly the National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust, established in 2001 to invest railroad retirement assets, according to both Cassidy and Kaine.
—Lorie Konish, CNBC, 31 Mar. 2026
Bourbaki prioritized abstraction over all else, eschewing concrete examples and calculations in favor of only the most general statements.
—Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 25 Mar. 2026
The history of tech is full of examples of companies who tried to license their technology to customers while also selling an in-house product that competed with those same customers.
—Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 25 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for examples
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Scientists analyzed serum samples of tiger sharks, blacktip sharks, Caribbean reef sharks, Atlantic nurse sharks and lemon sharks.—
Ashley J. DiMella,
FOXNews.com,
31 Mar. 2026
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Scientists were conducting further genetic testing from the tissue samples to confirm which collected specimens were new to science.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
31 Mar. 2026
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As a result, Towns triple-doubled for just the fourth time in his career, his second time with the Knicks, both instances occurring in games Brunson has missed due to injury.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
2 Apr. 2026
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While the 1930s and 1940s did see some instances of carnival poking fun at the tyranny of the Nazi regime (none of which, it should be noted, went unpunished), Birdsall and other scholars maintain that the festival was, first and foremost, an avenue for propaganda.—
Tim Brinkhof,
JSTOR Daily,
1 Apr. 2026
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His 120 illustrations are colorful, sometimes combining nature photography with Walden’s original creations to form detailed settings.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
28 Mar. 2026
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Before the three scientists’ work, chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans were largely abstract animals to most people – zoo exhibits, textbook illustrations, evolutionary symbols.—
Mireya Mayor,
The Conversation,
27 Mar. 2026
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The oldest dice specimens Madden confirmed come from sites in Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico—but the study notes that the apparent concentration in the American West might just come from where these sites have been preserved and uncovered.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
2 Apr. 2026
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Early arthropod specimens don’t have claws like these.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
1 Apr. 2026
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The records also show Renfro is facing several other charges from previous cases, including assault causing bodily injury, assault causing bodily injury-family violence, evading arrest or detention, and continuous violence against the family.—
Doug Myers,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
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As of that March 25 filing, 185 eligible attorneys had applied to the incentive program, requesting 2,475 cases.—
Flint McColgan,
Boston Herald,
5 Apr. 2026
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