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for example
Also, for instance. As an illustration of something, as in Dress casually, in blue jeans, for example, or This program has problems—for instance, it's hard to retrieve lost data. The first expression, which dates from the late 1500s, is used throughout this book to illustrate how an idiom is used. The variant dates from the mid-1600s.
Example Sentences
We found on immigration, for example, that before deliberation, about 80% of the Republicans wanted to send all undocumented immigrants back to their home countries.
Iran could look at targets outside Israel, without necessarily hitting the U.S. directly – for example, by attacking maritime targets in the Persian Gulf and in effect closing the Strait of Hormuz.
Private equity investor Michael Cole, the founder of Shareholder Capital LLC, has worked at the Department of Agriculture, for example.
At a Ralphs in Woodland Hills, for example, passersby were asked to sign in support of an effort to increase the minimum wage rather than overturn it, the letter alleged.
Real Madrid has already played 62 games in the last 43 weeks, for example — and that doesn’t include international duty for players such as Kylian Mbappe, who played 13 times for France since last June.
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