as an example, as a warning
Als abschreckendes Beispiel oder zur Veranschaulichung einer Sache.
Used when something is done to serve as an example (often a cautionary one).
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Er wurde zum Exempel bestraft, damit die anderen es nicht tun.— He was punished as an example so that the others wouldn't do it.
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Man zeigte die alte Maschine zum Exempel.— The old machine was shown as an example.