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English word

instance

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UK /ˈɪnstəns/US /ˈɪnstəns/
noun

a particular example or case of something

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Sentence 106 · Pro
RM (BTS) Breaks Down His Debut Album 'Indigo' | Zach Sang Show
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Like, Chris Martin, for instance—he thinks his best songs were given to him by the universe, like, 'Yeah.'

RM (BTS) Breaks Down His Debut Album 'Indigo'

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I mean, there are many instances where a half-hour meeting enabled me to improve the financial outcome of the company by $100 million in a half-hour meeting.

Elon Musk: A future worth getting excited about (TED 2022)Sentence 672 · Pro

And there are lots of instances of that—Friendster might be one; obviously, Hotmail was one, PayPal was one, eBay was one.

Elon Musk's 2003 Stanford University Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders LectureSentence 212 · Pro

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