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for instance

[fer-in-stuhns] / fərˈɪn stəns /
CONJUNCTION
for example
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CONJUNCTION
as
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CONJUNCTION
thus
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CONJUNCTION
like
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Early investors often have astronomical gains on paper—SpaceX, for instance, was worth a measly $30.5 billion in 2018—but selling shares on the secondary market can get clunky.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

In other parts of the world these storms are given different names - for instance, typhoons in the north-west Pacific, near Japan and China, or cyclones in the Indian Ocean and around Australia.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

Reid AI, for instance, occasionally looks serious after delivering a joke, Hoffman says.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

Say, for instance, that you retired last year and went on Medicare.

From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026

Still he thought there might be other survivors in underground places like his—the Air Force, for instance, was supposed to have several shelters, all equipped so that the men in them could last for months.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien




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