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“Instance” or “Instants”

instance / instants are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term.

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Definitions

What each term means

Same sound, different spellings and meanings, shown with a pronunciation guide for each term.

instance IH·n·s·t·ah·n·s

No dictionary entry for this spelling — see the usage examples below for how it shows up in writing.

instants

No dictionary entry for this spelling — see the usage examples below for how it shows up in writing.

Usage

Examples in context

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“instance”

  • …otherwise freely accessible in other instances, Gab "offer users no incentive…
  • …its closest relative, Parastylonurus, for instance the widely different shapes of…
  • …mule and recorded a rare instance in which a fertile mule…
  • …1852, was replaced at Bismarck's instance by another which stated that…
  • For instance, on the depicted key of…
  • …by the government itself: for instance, the left-wing government of Lionel…
  • One instance, out of many, may serve…
  • …the ICTY upheld the first instance decision to convict Hartmann of…
  • For instance, they have established a system…
  • For instance, in May 1868, a contract…

“instants”

  • …every dhamma into three different instants of origination (uppādakkhaṇa), endurance (ṭhitikkhaṇa)…

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