The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word INSTANCE
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More clues leading to the result INSTANCE
- Not abroad bearing case
- Example given by ancients originally
- Succeeded in a resolution of ancient case
- Nine acts rewritten, for example
- Laurel near church on Islington’s outskirts for example
- Example of popular position
- Case of acne isn’t terrible
- Case of sunstroke initially stopping nice tan developing
- Fashionable position, for example
- Example of accepted position
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The straight part
We know that "Example" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case example = instance.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does INSTANCE mean?
INSTANCE noun- Urgency of manner or words; an urgent request; insistence.
- A token; a sign; a symptom or indication.
- That which is urgent; motive.
- Occasion; order of occurrence.
- A case offered as an exemplification or a precedent; an illustrative example.
- One of a series of recurring occasions, cases, essentially the same.
- A piece of evidence; a proof or sign (of something).
- A specific occurrence of something that is created or instantiated, such as a database, or an object of a class in object-oriented programming.
- (massively multiplayer online games) A dungeon or other area that is duplicated for each player, or each party of players, that enters it, so that each player or party has a private copy of the area, isolated from other players.
- (massively multiplayer online games) An individual copy of such a dungeon or other area.
- To mention as a case or example; to refer to; to cite
- To cite an example as proof; to exemplify.