for instance
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fə-ˈrin(t)-stən(t)s 
ˈfrin(t)-
: as an instance or example
older people, like my grandmother, for instance
Examples of for instance in a Sentence
Noun
Let me give you a for instance.
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Medora Lee, USA Today, 27 Dec. 2025
Major retailers, such as Staples, Lowes and Home Depot, for instance, take part in a national battery recycling program.
—Nushrat Rahman, Freep.com, 27 Dec. 2025
Decades-long bans against whale and seal hunting, for instance, devastated the cultural continuity and health of Inuit in the far north.
—Brett Simpson, The Atlantic, 26 Dec. 2025
In Hong Kong, for instance, most people speak Cantonese, an informal and colloquial language that has its own version of a gender-neutral pronoun – lessening the demand for a new character, said Wan, of rights group Gender Empowerment.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 26 Dec. 2025
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Noun
The $10,000 bonus for air traffic controllers who had perfect attendance during the government shutdown isn’t really a $10,000 bonus, for instance.
—Medora Lee, USA Today, 27 Dec. 2025
Major retailers, such as Staples, Lowes and Home Depot, for instance, take part in a national battery recycling program.
—Nushrat Rahman, Freep.com, 27 Dec. 2025
Decades-long bans against whale and seal hunting, for instance, devastated the cultural continuity and health of Inuit in the far north.
—Brett Simpson, The Atlantic, 26 Dec. 2025
In Hong Kong, for instance, most people speak Cantonese, an informal and colloquial language that has its own version of a gender-neutral pronoun – lessening the demand for a new character, said Wan, of rights group Gender Empowerment.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 26 Dec. 2025
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“For instance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/for%20instance. Accessed 31 Dec. 2025.
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