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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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But it has highlighted the new rules as an example of where it wants the government to work with industry to ensure UK interests are reflected in EU decision making.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

Take, for example, the question of her literal will, which, after a few small bequests to friends and institutions to which she had been connected, left most of her substantial estate to a medical charity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

For example, building materials and boxed water — which, Arnaquq-Baril says, was chosen over plastic bottles to leave “less toxic garbage in the Arctic” — were shipped by sealift.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

None of this was caused by a tariff on imported steel, for example.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2026

I took my strength from this incredible young girl’s example.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

The BBC's analysis found most university websites did not give worked examples, and most also referred to DfE, Student Loans Company or Student Finance England information whether they did or not.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

Barrera, 59, described his campaign message as “a positive vision for our public schools. We’ve got so many examples of great work happening in our public schools that deserve to be elevated.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026

There have been examples of similar divergences in the past, but they have been extremely infrequent, and much less extreme.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026

The result could be one of the most enduring examples of how the nervous system preserves its evolutionary history.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026

He gives us some examples of projects students have done in previous years.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

“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

The change that has taken place in the purpose of the novel and in the manner of treatment of character by the novel writer could not be more clearly exampled than by "Love in Idleness."

From The Galaxy, May, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—May, 1877.—No. 5. by Various

And so I find it all again exampled in these old accounts.

From The Book-Bills of Narcissus An Account Rendered by Richard Le Gallienne by Richard Le Gallienne

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 William Ernest Henley


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