for instance
noun1
Informal An example.
- Here's a for instance.
for instance
adv1
Conjunctive As an example.
- Not everything in the economy is getting worse. For instance, inflation has recently fallen.
- At twilight in the summer[…]the mice come out. They[…]eat the luncheon crumbs. Mr. Checkly, for instance, always brought his dinner in a paper parcel in his coat-tail pocket, and ate it when so disposed, sprinkling crumbs lavishly—the only lavishment of which he was ever guilty—on the floor.1892, Walter Besant, chapter II, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC:
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- "Such an outcome would be unusual?" / "Exceptional. But then there are exceptions. And I'm straining every nerve to make this one!" / "And the suffering — such as today's, for instance — is unavoidable?"1907, Edith Wharton, The Fruit of the Tree, page 205:
- One taps any source of comfort — Leigh Ashton at Charleston yesterday for instance.1940, Virginia Woolf, edited by Leonard Woolf, A Writer's Diary, published 1953, page 323:
- The second level of reading we will call Inspectional Reading. It is characterized by its special emphasis on time. When reading at this level, the student is allowed a set time to complete an assigned amount of reading. He might be allowed fifteen minutes to read this book, for instance—or even a book twice as long.1972, Mortimer J. Adler, Charles Van Doren, How to Read a Book, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 18:
- I met one yesterday, for instance – some treat he was!2006, Michael Karpelson, The Master And Margarita, translation of original by Mikhail Afanasevich Bulgakov, page 66:
- Synonyms
- for example, e.g., exempli gratia