example's

Belonging to specimen

Example's is the possessive form of example.

It indicates something belonging to or associated with an example: The example's relevance to the main argument was unclear.

In practice, this form appears infrequently, since example more often modifies nouns directly (example sentence) or appears in phrases like for example.

illustration

instance's

Of a particular case

model's · template's

precedent

predecessor's

Belonging to who came before

warning

cautionary

Serving as warning

role-model

mentor's

Of a trusted advisor

icon's · guiding

Opposites
typicality/representativeness

example'sexception

Deviation from standard

anomaly · outlier · aberration · deviation · counterexample

abstraction level

example'sabstraction

Distilling to essential qualities

generalization · principle · theory · rule · generality

behavioral modeling

example'scounterexample

Instance disproving a claim

cautionary tale · warning · bad example

Phrases
Family

example, examples

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G