Example

For the example page to use in tutorials and help pages, see Wikipedia:Example.

An example is a chosen representation of a rule, recurring event or qualitative performance of a task. It is often abbreviated to e.g. in print and elsewhere. The terms' use in a sentence may look something like: "Barack Obama is an example of a U.S. President that used to be a U.S. Senator before he was elected."

Example may also refer to:

• Example (musician), a British dance musician
• Example (album), the sole major-label album by American rock band For Squirrels, released in 1995
• example.com, example.net, example.org, example.edu and .example, domain names reserved for use in documentation as examples
• HMS Example (P165), an Archer-class patrol and training vessel of the British Royal Navy
• The Example, a 1634 play by James Shirley
• The Example (comics), a 2009 graphic novel by Tom Taylor and Colin Wilson

See also

• Exemplar (disambiguation), a prototype or model which others can use to understand a topic better
• Exemplum, medieval collections of short stories to be told in sermons
• Eixample, an inner suburb of Barcelona with distinctive architecture

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