"For instance,using the word 'preclude' to mean 'precede.' Yeah,it sounds like 'precede,' but it means 'prevent.' And yet 'preclude' is not a particularly erudite term.

VOA: standard.2010.01.16

It wouldn't be like drinking your blood,for instance.

VOA: standard.other

"What we hear is that the kind of legally binding agreement that we,for instance, did inside the European Union, will probably not be possible since some of the countries like the United States say we do not have the support in our congress to make a ratification on an international agreement,".

VOA: standard.2009.11.06

"For instance,we know that mental illness disorders like depression or alcohol use disorders play a major role in European countries, for instance" "But,we have to also look at Asian countries where impulsiveness plays a much more important role, which is that suicide can happen on the spur of the moment."

VOA: standard.2009.09.10