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Word origin
From Middle English example, exaumple, from Old French example, essaumple, from Latin exemplum (“sample, pattern, specimen, copy for imitation, etc.”, literally “what is taken out”); see exempt. Doublet of exemplum and sample. Displaced native Middle English forebisne, from Old English forebȳsn; and Middle English bisne, from Old English bȳsn (modern English bizen).
Used in a sentence
“Nelson Mandela was an example for many to follow.”
“For I haue giuen you an example, that yee ſhould doe, as I haue done to you.”
“I gave, thou ſay'ſt, th' example, / I led the way;”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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