instance
Example Sentences
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Trickler-McNulty, the former senior ICE official, said that instance was the first immigrant death linked to a homicide involving ICE staff that she could recall in at least 15 years.
From Salon
Star goalie Aerin Frankel had been a brick wall—in the rare instances that a puck had actually made it anywhere in the vicinity of the net.
He admired the spirit of liberty, for instance, yet opposed the French Revolution and supported Napoleon, believing that ensuing populist disorder would then, as it turned out, require autocracy.
From Los Angeles Times
Chief Executive Josh Simon said in an interview that, in certain instances, speed is more important than cost.
For instance, Anthropic wrote in a recent statement: “Our view is this is a moment to move quickly — to empower defenders and secure as much code as possible while the window exists.”
From MarketWatch
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