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UK
/ɛɡzˈɑːmpəl/
]
[ US /ɪɡˈzæmpəɫ/ ]
[ US /ɪɡˈzæmpəɫ/ ]
NOUN
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an occurrence of something
another instance occurred yesterday
it was a case of bad judgment
but there is always the famous example of the Smiths -
punishment intended as a warning to others
they decided to make an example of him -
a representative form or pattern
I profited from his example -
an item of information that is typical of a class or group
this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome
there is an example on page 10 -
a task performed or problem solved in order to develop skill or understanding
you must work the examples at the end of each chapter in the textbook -
something to be imitated
he is the very model of a modern major general
an exemplar of success
a model of clarity
How To Use example In A Sentence
- Back in the mid-1980s, for example, knee replacement surgery was considered a success if the patient wound up with 90 degrees of flexion, which is "nothing near normal," he says. Latest News
- Our interneuronal connections in our brain, for example, process information at chemical signaling speeds of a few hundred feet per second, compared to a billion feet per second for electronics - electronics is a million times faster.
- With automobile insurance, for example, an insurance company accepts part of the risk that you will be involved in a car accident. Microeconomics: Price Theory in Practice
- A liquor pour cost of 18.3%, for example, means that it cost a little more than 18 cents to generate a dollar of liquor sales.
- HIV-positive Pedro Zamora from the San Francisco season, for example, put a face to the stigmatized disease of AIDS and did a world of good with his exposure -- even getting the recognition of then-president Bill Clinton. Ryan O'Connell: Auditioning for the Real World Is Too Real
- Advanced Mobile Phone Service ( AMPS ) is an example of a 1 G mobile network standard.
- In ways often too subtle to be conscious but sometimes overt, I believe, blacks remain devalued in American schools, where, for example, a recent national survey shows that through high school they are still more than twice as likely as white children to receive corporal punishment, be suspended from school, or be labeled mentally retarded. Race and the Schooling of Black Americans
- So maybe BP isn't the best example yet, but clearly businesses that embrace principles of social entrepreneurship--discovering how to "unstick" society when it has gotten stuck, by changing the system--are having widespread impact in making the new buzzphrase "social value" the litmus test for success for not only social entrepreneurs but profit-oriented businesses, too. Marian Salzman: Reinvention, Part II
- For example, the request variable is bound to the request zone, which means you can use a dot notation such as request.myData to access myData in the request zone.
- There is much in the words and thoughts of the Romantic poets that is excessive or impractical, but their beliefs and the passion with which they pursued them still serve as an example.
