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Vinony

for example

adverb

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /fəɹ ɪɡˈzɑːm.p(ə)l/ / /ˌfoɹ ɪɡˈzæm.pəl/ / /fəɹ-/

prep_phrase

Etymology: First attested in the second half of the 16th century.

  1. As an example.

    “The book has quite a few plot holes. For example, it's never explained why the main character came to town.”

    “The more highly the injured part is endowed with sensory nerves the more marked is the shock; a crush of the hand, for example, is attended with a more intense degree of shock than a correspondingly severe crush of the foot”