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examples

NOUN

instance, model

Synonyms

STRONGEST

case illustration lesson object part pattern precedent symbol

STRONG

archetype citation copy excuse exemplar exemplification ideal original paradigm paragon prototype quotation representation sample sampling specimen standard stereotype

WEAK

case history case in point for instance kind of thing

Example Sentences

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Sports historian Andy Mitchell has pointed to "at least" three examples of "soccer" or "socker" appearing in school magazines in late 1885 in different parts of England.

From BBC • Jun. 13, 2026

“The examples you give to support that,” Roberts told the solicitor general, “strike me as very quirky.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

I am not even an anti-A.I. maximalist and have found these and dozens more examples to be annoying.

From Slate • Jun. 10, 2026

Among the most extraordinary examples is the "Amaterasu particle," which was detected by the Telescope Array in Utah in 2021 and named for the sun goddess in Japanese mythology.

From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026

Such examples of path dependency are the rule and not the exception.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton