for instance

noun

: example
I'll give you a for instance

Examples of for instance in a Sentence

Let me give you a for instance.
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The eldest daughter Mina, for instance, skips her piano lessons to take self-defense classes. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 19 Mar. 2025 The Patuxent River, a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland, for instance, has experienced high rates of salinization in recent years. Ars Technica, 19 Mar. 2025 Chess masters, for instance, do not start out with innate talent. Lightning Jay, The Conversation, 19 Mar. 2025 Making these conjunctions, for instance, between the Saint-Chapelle, which is this jewel of flamboyant middle-age architecture, and an abstract mobile. Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 7 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for for instance

Word History

First Known Use

1959, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of for instance was in 1959

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“For instance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/for%20instance. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.

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