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Pastries in a bag that would sell for $18 total in the morning are offered for just $6, for instance.
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Peiyu Lin, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025
Saxon, for instance, is filling the same spoiled, arrogant space as Jake Lacy’s Shane from Season One.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2025
Barack Obama, for instance, dealt with multiple major public-health crises, each brutal in its own way.
—Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2025
Reagan, for instance, sent U.S. troops to invade the small island of Grenada in 1983.
—Daniel Depetris, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2025
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Peiyu Lin, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025
Saxon, for instance, is filling the same spoiled, arrogant space as Jake Lacy’s Shane from Season One.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2025
Barack Obama, for instance, dealt with multiple major public-health crises, each brutal in its own way.
—Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2025
Reagan, for instance, sent U.S. troops to invade the small island of Grenada in 1983.
—Daniel Depetris, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2025
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“For instance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/for%20instance. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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