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Another word for instance

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Noun

  1. One that is representative of a group or class

    See also:

    substitute

  2. A legal proceeding to demand justice or enforce a right

    See also:

    law

  3. Urgent solicitation

    See also:

    seek

    continue

Verb

  1. To refer to by name

    See also:

    specific

  2. To demonstrate and clarify with examples

    See also:

    show

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Another word for instance

Noun
  1. See also:

    example

    example

Verb
  1. See also:

    refer

    mention

    cite

Idioms:

    for-instance

© WEBSTER’S NEW WORLD® ROGET’S A-Z THESAURUS by Charlton Laird and the editors of Webster’s New World dictionaries. Copyright © 1999 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Sentence Examples

  • For instance, you may manufacture widgets from lightweight plastic.

  • Yesterday, for instance, Mitya was naughty...

  • There was no authentic instance of any inscription having been found there or elsewhere in Rhodesia.

  • This will create a cascading effect; once energy, for instance, is free, it will make precious metals free.

  • In the case of the great grey kangaroo, for instance, the period of gestation is less than forty days, and the newly-born embryo, which is blind, naked, and unable to use its bud-like limbs, is little more than an inch in length.

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