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[in-stuhns] / ˈɪn stəns /




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This database hack was the only instance where Claude kept hacking, even when it realized it had broken into a real-world company, Anthropic said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

For instance, in one entry from February 2020 discussing a conference call between Covid scientists, Fauci says the doctors did not have "total agreement" about where the virus came from.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

The trade deficit, for instance, exploded in part because of intense demand for foreign computer chips and other AI-related products.

From MarketWatch Jul. 29, 2026

For instance, its new Harry Potter television series will air this Christmas.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

Thanks to her, America’s spy handlers enjoyed highly secure communication links—far safer, for instance, than those used by America’s diplomats.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

Court documents lodged by the eSafety Commissioner said Australian users had flagged 12 instances of such material between September 27 and October 5, 2025.

From Barron's Jul. 30, 2026

During the 2021-22 school year, before its wide-scale adoption of restorative justice, this district of roughly 20,000 students had almost 2,500 instances of violence, bullying and weapons infractions.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

It said in some instances the devices could expose users to risk of serious electric shock or electrocution.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

In other instances, they were daughters, state officials, or even the spouses of the governors doing the appointing.

From Slate Jul. 24, 2026

We had been instructed that in such instances we were never to move toward the person in danger for fear of starting a riot.

From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals

As such, players can expect to wait longer than normal to log into game servers, visit new Endwalker specific areas, and experience instanced content-like duties.

From The Verge Nov. 30, 2021

The FX we’d used earlier were now composed of millions of these instanced pieces, and she was having a hard time loading them all because it took up so much memory.

From The Verge Jan. 30, 2019

World and all the other potential character builds and instanced stories in the offing.

From Time Sep. 11, 2012

In harmony with this was his uniform seriousness, gravity, and becoming dignity of manner; and even in his merry-making humor, as instanced in describing Hayne leading the South Carolina militia, he never stooped.

From The Brothers' War by Reed, John Calvin

In the morning preceding the destined evening, her lord signified his dislike of gaming with dice; and instanced some families to whom it had proved destructive.

From The Sylph, Volume I and II by Cavendish, Georgiana

In reply to his denunciations the suitors accuse Penelope of deluding them, instancing how she promised to choose a husband as soon as she had finished weaving a winding sheet for her father-in-law Laertes.

From The Book of the Epic by Guerber, H. A. (Hélène Adeline)

And it is not only the authority of his illustrious name which makes this worthy of belief, but also reason, instancing particulars.

From Dante. An essay. To which is added a translation of De Monarchia. by Church, R. W. (Richard William)

I cannot forbear instancing a few of these, because it may be of some use to those who shall have it in their power to be more cautious for the future.

From The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. - Volume 07 Historical and Political Tracts-Irish by Scott, Temple

Captain Cathie, in one of his bluffer moments, bluntly suggested wholesale marriage as a preventive of irregularities, and the starting of a new race on that basis, instancing the Pitcairners as typical resultants.

From White Fire by Oxenham, John

Once I spoke to an Officer high up in the Army of this matter, instancing, amongst other things, its brass bands and loud-voiced preaching at street corners.

From Regeneration by Haggard, Henry Rider




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