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1. conjunctivenot comparableAs an example.

   Not everything in the economy is getting worse. For instance, inflation has recently fallen.

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   At twilight in the summer[…]the mice come out. They[…]eat the luncheon crumbs. Mr. Checkly, for instance, always brought his dinner in a paper parcel in his coat-tail pocket, and ate it when so disposed, sprinkling crumbs lavishly—the only lavishment of which he was ever guilty—on the floor.

   1892, Walter Besant, chapter II, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC

   "Such an outcome would be unusual?" / "Exceptional. But then there are exceptions. And I'm straining every nerve to make this one!" / "And the suffering — such as today's, for instance — is unavoidable?"

   1907, Edith Wharton, The Fruit of the Tree, page 205

   One taps any source of comfort — Leigh Ashton at Charleston yesterday for instance.

   1940, Virginia Woolf, edited by Leonard Woolf, A Writer's Diary, published 1953, page 323

   The second level of reading we will call Inspectional Reading. It is characterized by its special emphasis on time. When reading at this level, the student is allowed a set time to complete an assigned amount of reading. He might be allowed fifteen minutes to read this book, for instance—or even a book twice as long.

   1972, Mortimer J. Adler, Charles Van Doren, How to Read a Book, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 18

   I met one yesterday, for instance – some treat he was!

   2006, Michael Karpelson, The Master And Margarita, translation of original by Mikhail Afanasevich Bulgakov, page 66

   Synonyms: for example, e.g., exempli gratia

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1. informalAn example.

   Here's a for instance.