for instance
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- You should try various exercises; yoga, for instance, can greatly improve flexibility.
- See, for instance
- Look, for instance
- Trouble, for instance
So somebody might, for instance, hate immigrants.
- So somebody might, for instance, hate immigrants.
- So with Charles, for instance, he does the thing.
- But anyway, back then they didn't confiscate, for instance, historic US coins.
- What I'm saying is, for instance, I'm building a video game.
- It's if you look at salt, for instance, people consume salt.
- Some are better at really making good use, for instance of a super assistant.
- And I think people who go to USC, for instance, which is way more expensive.
- And they would come in and teach a course, for instance, a graduate course.
- You know, we've seen, for instance, there was an Apple supplier in Taiwan.
- So Audible for instance allows you to go.
- So it's got a very low price of admission compared, for instance, to Zen Buddhism.
- So a lot of equations like Einstein's equation, for instance, has π in it.
- There are certain words like race color, for instance jumbo shrimp, no.
- And sadly, looking at, for instance, organic oats.
Examples
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The first row, for instance, refers to the delivery mode: pull vs. push.
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Right now, for instance, I'm worried that we're lost.
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Take this one, for instance.
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The Model Rules, for instance, have been adopted in some form by every state except California.
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For instance, there are only nine bills here now.
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Before Galileo, for instance, one thing was clear.
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The Kadima and Likud parties, for instance, have similar views on the economy.
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Some states might seek to mitigate threats to their nuclear arsenals; for instance, they might hide their weapons.
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Many of our students did not grow up tinkering around the farm, for instance, or tearing apart old cars.
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Many European countries, for instance, have adopted strict recycling laws.
Synonyms
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Imagine something to use as an example in a discussion
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To give an example that helps explain a point
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To give one or more examples of something just mentioned
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To say something more clearly
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Introduces specific examples or details that follow
To give one or more examples of something just mentioned
Shows a specific example or explanation that follows
How Specific
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to introduce a specific example' is directly derivable from combining 'for' (indicating purpose/relation) with 'instance' (a specific example). This compositional pattern mirrors common cross-linguistic equivalents (e.g., 'for example') and is immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows the component words.
Etymology
For instance comes from the word instance, which means a single case or example. Imagine pointing at one case and saying 'for this instance' — so for instance is used when you want to give an example ('for example').