usedexamples
Usedexamples is a term used to describe curated collections of real-world usage instances of words, phrases, programming APIs, or other units that illustrate how something is used in context. It serves educational, lexicographic, and documentation roles by providing concrete, verifiable examples drawn from various sources such as corpora, technical documentation, forums, and code repositories. The goal is to illuminate usage patterns, sense disambiguation, and pragmatic nuance through representative instances.
Entries in a usedexamples dataset typically include the text of the example, a source reference, a domain
Applications of usedexamples span language learning and lexicography, where examples support sense disambiguation and usage notes;
Creation and governance involve sourcing from licensed or publicly available corpora, or user-contributed submissions with attribution.
See also: concordancer, corpora, usage note, code example, API documentation, example database.