How to Use for instance in a Sentence
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West Nile, for instance, can take up to two weeks to show signs.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 21 Sep. 2026
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Sellers and dealers are looking ahead, thinking about the costs of storage, for instance.
—Eric D. Lawrence, Freep.com, 19 Sep. 2026
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Human toothpaste, for instance, may contain xylitol, which is toxic to dogs.
—Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2026
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At this point in 2024, for instance, the year ranked as the second warmest, not the warmest, Labe says.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2026
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So like for instance, going back to the very beginning, Schrödinger’s approach with wave mechanics.
—Quanta Magazine, 17 Sep. 2026
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Sometimes, this is rewarded with the comfortingly mundane, a mash-up of bird and traffic sounds, for instance.
—Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026
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New York, for instance, requires you to display the highest total price a customer will pay, not a percentage.
—Robert Day, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026
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Darren Waller, who played his first game for the Panthers Sunday, was left impressed, for instance.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 14 Sep. 2026
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Metal Detox, for instance, was born from a request from them for a product that can help hair breakage due to chemical treatments.
—Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2026
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Walmart China, for instance, has shrunk portion sizes to match households’ smaller appetites.
—Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026
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Emily Blunt’s comments, for instance, felt less like cruelty and more like fright, which is a different thing to be upset about.
—Corbin Bolies, Variety, 14 Sep. 2026
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And that’s a pretty different kind of unanswerable question than, for instance, how the universe began.
—Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2026
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In Cuba, for instance, the single format is dominant, and very few artists have dared to create a true concept album.
—Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 25 Sep. 2026
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Josh Kerr, for instance, set a mile world record in July and revised his British 1,500m record in the process.
—Liam Tharme, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
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But there would be no run-of-the-mill rout, such as last year’s 51-14 win over Eastern Washington, for instance.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 20 Sep. 2026
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The Kohl’s store at Kendall’s Palms at Town and Country strip center, for instance, has Claire’s merch.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2026
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Consider, for instance, what happened to the memorandum of understanding the two sides signed in June in hopes of stopping the war.
—Ali Vaez, Foreign Affairs, 29 Sep. 2026
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The Nobel Peace Prize, for instance, has gone to organizations rather than persons.
—Jeffrey S. Flier, STAT, 5 Oct. 2026
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Take, for instance, the free-form rooftop pool which is shaded by native trees and blossoming plants and is the perfect spot to cool off from Thailand’s no-joke humidity.
—Condé Nast, cntraveler.com, 7 Oct. 2026
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There was a bevy of, perhaps, bigger celebrities in attendance - Brunson was seated next to Ben Stiller, for instance.
—Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026
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PBHs could help resolve other enigmas, too, for instance by acting as seeds for the rapid growth of supermassive black holes in the early universe.
—Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2026
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This Guest in Residence miniskirt, for instance, features a modern wraparound silhouette, side button closure, and hints of pink.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026
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While there are concerns about cheating, for instance, kids are also using AI for tutoring and legitimate homework help.
—ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
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The 10-year Treasury, for instance, strongly influences mortgage rates and this week topped 5% for the first time since 2023.
—Christopher Rugaber, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
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In the Ming era, for instance, foreign beliefs such as Manichaeism, a Persian faith that had flourished under Mongol rule, were suppressed.
—Carl Minzner, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2026
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Mankind had yet to land on the moon, for instance, which took place weeks later during a Royals doubleheader against the White Sox at Comiskey Park.
—Kansas City Star, 24 Sep. 2026
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Getting Republicans into the film, for instance, proved a considerable challenge.
—David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026
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In the case of Aries, for instance, this Fire sign has everything to do with individuality, assertion and the raw instinct to act on one’s desires.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2026
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Neptune retrograde in Aries, for instance, asks us to question everything from our levels of assertion to our individual freedom.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026
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Thailand, for instance, has seen national GDP growth slow to 2%, in part due to pressure from Chinese EVs and consumer goods.
—Angelica Ang, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026
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