known instance

collocation in English

meaningsofknownandinstance

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known
adjective
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/nəʊn/us
/noʊn/
used to refer to something or someone that is familiar to or understood ...
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instance
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɪn.stəns/us
/ˈɪn.stəns/
a particular situation, event, or fact, especially an example of something that ...
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(Definition ofknownandinstancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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For aknowninstanceof evil one might suggest that we do not need to know very much about this world at all.
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However, it is the firstknowninstanceof an animal producing light by this effect and was whimsically dubbed shrimpoluminescence upon its discovery in 2001.
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This is also notable as the firstknowninstanceof film perforations being used.
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This is the onlyknowninstanceof any people utilizing any member of this genus as food.
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This film is also notable as the firstknowninstanceof film perforations being used.
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It was the seventhknowninstanceof this particular piece breaking free during launch.
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This is the firstknowninstancewhere his name is given with the surname included.
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In oneknowninstanceit is believed that this antic was employed after a jury had found a defendant innocent.
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This is the firstknowninstanceof 22 playing against 11.
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Zobrist hashing is the firstknowninstanceof tabulation hashing.
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This is the onlyknowninstanceof interspecies cooperative hunting among fish.
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This is the firstknowninstanceof the word baseball in print.
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The firstknowninstanceof this terminology was by an unknown man in 1494.
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Observations on the feeding behavior on the tadpoles also reveal that they feed on bark substrate, the firstknowninstanceof any tadpole doing so.
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The firstknowninstanceof hybrid speciation in marine mammals was discovered by scientists in 2014.
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However, it was the firstknowninstanceof an animal producing light by this effect.
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