Example
Example noun - One of a group or collection that shows what the whole is like.
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Synonyms for Example
Symptom
Symptom noun - (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease.
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Synonyms for Symptom
Example and symptom are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Example" instead a noun "Symptom".
Nearby Word: symptomatic
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| known | known example | known symptom |
| notable | notable example | notable symptom |
| best | best example | best symptom |
| particular | particular example | particular symptom |
| Other adjectives: similar, typical, common, specific, direct, prominent, obvious, blatant, real, great, bad, subtle, main, early, major, possible, minor, classic, worst, odd, strange. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- For example, the episode "Le Petit Tourette" actually goes out of its way to point out excessive cursing is only one possible symptom of the disorder and shows characters with other tics.
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Compare Ghostly Chill; and see Incurable Cough of Death for another example of a symptom which is moderate in Real Life but presented as a sure sign of death in the world of tropes.
Source: I'm Cold... So Cold... -
This is one example where death actually was a direct cause, not just a symptom of the passage of time— his works went into the public domain instead of staying with an estate, which is what allowed all those other authors to play in his sandbox.
Source: Dead Artists Are Better
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