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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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 Monarch butterflies, for instance, are one example of a thriving species. Megan Forrester, ABC News, 7 Mar. 2025 Canada’s democracy has frayed and strained in the years since, but always held—Quebec’s independence movement was subdued by real concessions from the rest of the provinces, for instance. Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2025 In 2020, for instance, the court by a 5-4 vote upheld Trump's first-term firing of the head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. arkansasonline.com, 7 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for for instance

Word History

First Known Use

1959, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 10 Mar. 2025.

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