Crossword-Solution: EXAMPLE
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Example | n. | One or a portion taken to show the character or quality of the whole; a sample; a specimen. |
| Example | n. | That which is to be followed or imitated as a model; a pattern or copy. |
| Example | n. | That which resembles or corresponds with something else; a precedent; a model. |
| Example | n. | That which is to be avoided; one selected for punishment and to serve as a warning; a warning. |
| Example | n. | An instance serving for illustration of a rule or precept, especially a problem to be solved, or a case to be determined, as an exercise in the application of the rules of any study or branch of science; as, in trigonometry and grammar, the principles and rules are illustrated by examples. |
| Example | v. t. | To set an example for; to give a precedent for; to exemplify; to give an instance of; to instance. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| EXAMPLE | anagram | EXEMPLA |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
REETA
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with EXAMPLE (5)
Darling said bravely, “and I would take it now as an example to you, Michael, if I hadn’t lost the bottle.” He had not exactly lost it; he had climbed in the dead of night to the top of the wardrobe and hidden it there.
Why hast thou, _Satan_, broke the bounds prescrib’d To thy transgressions, and disturbd the charge Of others, who approve not to transgress By thy example, but have power and right To question thy bold entrance on this place; Imploi’d it seems to violate sleep, and those Whose dwelling God hath planted here in bliss? To whom thus _Satan_ with contemptuous brow.
One caution: the proportion of, say, defense expenditures as a percent of GNP/GDP in local currency accounts may differ substantially from the proportion when GNP/GDP accounts are expressed in PPP terms, as, for example, when an observer estimates the dollar level of Soviet or Japanese military expenditures; similar problems exist when components are expressed in dollars under currency exchange rate procedures.
More fevered now by a reaction from the first feelings which Oak’s example had raised in her, she paused in the hall, looking at the door of the room wherein Fanny lay.
You should accustom yourself, to walking straight forward without twisting from side to side.” “Pray, mother,” said the young one, “do but set the example yourself, and I will follow you.” Example is the best precept.
Quotes with EXAMPLE (3)
We have just witnessed a classic example of what I like to call 'misdirected rage'. I believe the technical term is being an ass.
Just because something is traditional is no reason to do it, of course. Piracy, for example, is a tradition that has been carried on for hundreds of years, but that doesn't mean we should all attack ships and steal their gold.
Children close their ears to Advice but Open their eyes to example. Even New Genx Moms close their ears to Advice but Open their eyes to realize their mistakes eventually. Think, Act Wise before it's Late.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 23 times in crossword archives (1953–2025).