for\ one\ thing

for\ one\ thing
adv. phr.
As one thing of several; as one in a list of things.

The teacher said, "You get a low mark, for one thing, because you did not do your homework."

The house was poorly built; for one thing, the roof leaked.

Compare: for example, in the first place

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