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every - example - exchange
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example is one of the 1000 most common headwords.
exact - example - except

Pronunciation

Noun

Singular
example

Plural
examples
Category:Nouns
  1. If you give an example of something, you name one of that type of thing.
    A baseball, a softball, a football, and a soccer ball are examples of balls.
  2. An example is a model of what something else of the same type should be like.
    Look at the example of a model airplane to see how your model airplane should be built.
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