for\ instance

for\ instance
• for example
• for instance
adv. phr.
As an example; as proof; to give an example or illustration.

Not only rich men become President. For example, Lincoln was born poor.

There are jobs more dangerous than truck driving; for instance, training lions.

Compare: for one thing

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  • for instance — I. noun Date: 1959 example < I ll give you a for instance > II. phrasal as an instance or example < older people, like my grandmother, for instance > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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  • Instance — In stance, n. [F. instance, L. instantia, fr. instans. See {Instant}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act or quality of being instant or pressing; urgency; solicitation; application; suggestion; motion. [1913 Webster] Undertook at her instance to restore… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Instance Court — Instance In stance, n. [F. instance, L. instantia, fr. instans. See {Instant}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act or quality of being instant or pressing; urgency; solicitation; application; suggestion; motion. [1913 Webster] Undertook at her instance to …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • For All Practical Purposes — (FAPP) is a pragmatic approach towards the problem of incompleteness of every scientific theory and the usage of asymptotical approximations.Usually, when a physicist makes an approximation which can t be justified on rigorous grounds he tends to …   Wikipedia

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