The phrase "a fictional example" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to an illustrative scenario or case that is not real but is created for the purpose of explanation or demonstration.
Example: "To clarify the concept, let me provide a fictional example of how the theory applies in a real-world situation."
Alternatives: "an imaginary instance" or "a hypothetical case".
Now you may think this is just a fictional example, it's not.
The case also provides a fictional example of an Accenture project.
Though it's often seen as a fictional example of a Hobbesian "war of all against all," the novel actually goes much further, depicting "violence as a way of life".
A campaign against Tavecchio's candidacy began when he made the comment while using a fictional example to try to assess the number of foreign players in the Italian leagues.
In a fictional example, the scientists compare two 60-year-old men, Peter, whose ageing rate ranks in the top 5% and Joe, whose rate is in the slowest 5%.
In what follows I'll walk you through the five-step briefing process, illustrating it with a fictional example stitched together from my own experiences as a consultant and a teacher.
A focus group interview guide was designed around two or three fictional cases, all of which were checked for medico-technical accuracy by three physicians (for an example, see "Example of a fictional case used in the focus groups").
The aforementioned fictional case of Mr. Anouh (See "Example of a fictional case used in the focus groups") is an example of such a situation.
To illustrate, we will construct a small-scale causal model of the siege example (Pearl, /2009 2000, models a fictional case that is very similar).
Common descent and natural selection are carefully distinguished, with natural selection explained with a droll fictional example: 'the Skörg™ (Animalis fictionalis)'.
In this fictional example, a $12,000 spend with 1.3x return seems to be the best strategy for our example company.
