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The American Investment Council, private equity’s largest trade group, said the industry’s investment “plays a critical role in supporting quality, affordable health care in the United States,” for instance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 16, 2026

Urea exported in June is used for winter wheat in the European Union and for corn and coffee in Brazil, for instance.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 16, 2026

Nor would anyone have the authority to demand that, for instance, the FBI share information with the Department of Homeland Security.

From Slate • Jun. 15, 2026

Its mantra of “data dependence,” for instance, was ill-suited to modern challenges.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

How, for instance, does a wing-making master gene “know” to build a wing in the second thoracic segment, and not, say, the first or third segment?

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee