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- abbreviation Latin exempli gratia (for example)
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Examples
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Look for pseudoephedrine or phenylephrine on the label, or the letter D after the brand name e.g., Claritin-D.
The Chemistry of Calm M.D. Henry Emmons 2010
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Muscles of facial expression e.g., movements of forehead, eyebrows, periorbital area.
The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry Michael Alan Taylor 1993
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In most cases, you can search for the executable name e.g.
Site Home Pat Altimore MSFT 2011
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The increase in tolerance is greater in some cases (e.g., homosexuality) than in other cases (e.g., racism), but the basic trend toward greater civic tolerance is clear.
American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010
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Much evidence from our Faith Matters surveys confirms that on many different issues, both sociopolitical (e.g., abortion) and religious (e.g., importance of religion in their personal lives), evangelicals and nones are polar opposites.
American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010
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While there are some exceptions e.g., Ultraorthodox Jews, Sikhs, Old Order Amish, the religious affiliation of most Americans is not obvious from outward appearances.
American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010
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This generalization is true whether we measure political ideology by party identification or by views on issues like abortion or gay marriage, and it is true whether we measure religiosity by church attendance, by frequency of prayer, by strength of religious commitment, or by religious identification e.g., nones vs. evangelicals.
American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010
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We can also adjust for the initial difference in religiosity by including the intervention variable e.g., religiosity at time 1 as a control variable.
American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010
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To be devout but not diverse would lead to little division (e.g., Poland); likewise if a society is religiously diverse but not devout (e.g., the Netherlands).
American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010
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Recall that switching to a new congregation but not a new religious tradition e.g., a United Methodist attending a Presbyterian church does not count as a switch under the system used in Chapter 5.
American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010
uselessness commented on the word e.g.
Short form of exempli gratia.
May 22, 2007
bedraggled commented on the word e.g.
e.g. = for example
January 19, 2008