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[ig-zam-puhl, -zahm-] / ɪgˈzæm pəl, -ˈzɑm- /


Usage

What synonym should I use for example? Example as a sample: Example, sample, specimen refer to an individual phenomenon taken as representative of a type, or to a part representative of the whole. Example is used of an object, condition, etc., that is assumed to illustrate a certain principle or standard: a good example of baroque architecture. Sample refers to a small portion of a substance or to a single representative of a group or type that is intended to show what the rest of the substance or the group is like: a sample of yarn. Specimen usually suggests that the “sample” chosen is intended to serve a scientific or technical purpose: a blood specimen; zoological specimens. Example as a pattern: See ideal. Example as a specimen: See case1. ​

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For example, if our starting function moves two of the original points onto a single point, then we cannot reverse it.

From Science Daily Aug. 6, 2026

According to Noelle, the Caroline Bezengi was an example of the "grave environmental risks" associated with Russia's ghost fleet.

From Barron's Aug. 6, 2026

Boomboxes in the 1980s and 1990s, for example, caused a stir.

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

A U.S. history class, for example, might be spent analyzing sources.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

No doubt it was the similarity of their gaits that prompted Penelope’s memory, but the two had little else in common: For example, Dr. Westminster was extremely clever and Bertha was not clever at all.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

It is straightforward to come up with examples of functions that merge points, and also examples of polynomial mappings that have a constant Jacobian determinant.

From Science Daily Aug. 6, 2026

There are examples in which related-party transactions led to trouble, including the 2001 bankruptcy of Enron Corp., the largest at the time in Wall Street history.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

Novo remains one of the few examples of a European company that is competing at the highest levels of global business.

From MarketWatch Aug. 5, 2026

The report shares examples of AI applications in governance, such as to increase diabetes screening volumes in Bangladesh, or in reducing costs for Indian farmers through advanced weather forecasts.

From Barron's Aug. 4, 2026

Children’s clapping games and rock passing games provide very simple but accessible examples of polyrhythmic learning.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

“We’ve made tremendous progress, and that progress is exampled all across the state of California — but not equally,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 9, 2022

Among the new locations are any place children “gather,” with exampled such as playgrounds, daycare facilities and school bus stops.

From Washington Times Oct. 27, 2021

The Arbitration Treaty form is well exampled in the German-Czecho-Slovakian treaty of 22 articles.

From Time Magazine Archive

At length the two men found themselves alone, and their understanding of each other was exampled by the prompt inquiry of Parker.

From The Watchers of the Plains A Tale of the Western Prairies by Cullum, Ridgwell

A man of antique character; true as a child, simple, even bashful, and of a strength and valor rarely exampled among men.

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 04 by Carlyle, Thomas

In an ecstasy of tender contemplation he turns from those to these, exampling Julia from the rose and pitying the hapless violets as though they were indeed not blooms insensitive but actually ‘poor girls neglected.’

From Views and Reviews Essays in appreciation by Henley, William Ernest




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