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for in·stance
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Princeton's WordNet
for example, for instance, e.g.adverb
as an example
"take ribbon snakes, for example"
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for instanceadverb
as an example
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for instance
"For instance" is a phrase typically used to introduce an example or more specific explanation for a general statement or concept. It serves to illustrate or clarify the point or argument that has been made.
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'for instance' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1452
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'for instance' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1316
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of for instance in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of for instance in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of for instance in a Sentence
Every time I close my eyes, I picture her suffering and then I picture her laying in this coffin, i still see her smiling and laughing in my head and I would assume that smile and laughter turned to pain and suffering in that instance.
I've never seen an instance when the President is so detached from the reality of what's going on.
No other job in the world could possibly dispossess one so completely as this job of teaching. You could stand all day in a laundry, for instance, still in possession of your mind. But this teaching utterly obliterates you. It cuts right into your being essentially, it takes over your spirit. It drags it out from where it would hide.
President Putin has visited The White House before. President Putin's visited the United States before. For instance, when I served in The White House, under George W. Bush, he came to President Bush's home in Crawford, Texas. He also went fishing with him in Kennebunkport, Maine. He went to George H.W.'s home. It isn't especially noteworthy to me.
The cooperation of our people was very noticeable, we did not see, for instance, price increases, hoarding and looting of shops and petrol stations.
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