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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Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 19 May 2026
Many people still associate these feelings of modern belonging with the loftiest human possibilities; hence the powerful emotions that are generated when they are brought together—at the Olympic Games, for instance, or the United Nations headquarters in New York.
—Literary Hub, 18 May 2026
Take, for instance, the defending champions in Oklahoma City.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 18 May 2026
The mail is a way for the federal government to provide services to people, to communicate (the Internal Revenue Service, for instance, communicates with taxpayers via mail).
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 18 May 2026
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Noun
More than half of the undergraduates at the University of Alabama, for instance, are not from Alabama.
—Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 19 May 2026
Many people still associate these feelings of modern belonging with the loftiest human possibilities; hence the powerful emotions that are generated when they are brought together—at the Olympic Games, for instance, or the United Nations headquarters in New York.
—Literary Hub, 18 May 2026
Take, for instance, the defending champions in Oklahoma City.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 18 May 2026
The mail is a way for the federal government to provide services to people, to communicate (the Internal Revenue Service, for instance, communicates with taxpayers via mail).
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 18 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for for instance
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“For instance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/for%20instance. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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