: something that serves as a practical example of a principle or abstract idea
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His life story is an object lesson in how not to run a business.
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But recent writing about his energy policies is frequently misleading and reflects the ideological biases of the writers, as well as serving as an object lesson in how superficial much of the discussion about energy remains to this day.
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Michael Lynch, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
Trump critics routinely invoke Smoot-Hawley as an object lesson, arguing that its high tariffs prolonged and worsened the Great Depression.
—Joseph Thorndike, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
The campaign in Ohio provides an object lesson — a model that voucher advocates have deployed elsewhere.
—Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 13 Jan. 2025
The campaign in Ohio provides an object lesson—a model that voucher advocates have deployed elsewhere.
—Alec MacGillis, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
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Michael Lynch, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
Trump critics routinely invoke Smoot-Hawley as an object lesson, arguing that its high tariffs prolonged and worsened the Great Depression.
—Joseph Thorndike, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
The campaign in Ohio provides an object lesson — a model that voucher advocates have deployed elsewhere.
—Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 13 Jan. 2025
The campaign in Ohio provides an object lesson—a model that voucher advocates have deployed elsewhere.
—Alec MacGillis, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
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“Object lesson.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/object%20lesson. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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