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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a second instance" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a subsequent occurrence of something that has already been mentioned or observed.
Example: "In a second instance, the results were even more pronounced than in the first."
Alternatives: "another example" or "a subsequent case".
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But the phrasing left open the possibility of a second instance, like the use of ground forces.
In a second instance, Dr. Patel conducted the autopsy on a woman whose body was found in the locked bedroom of a man named Anthony Hardy.
And not too far away, Cara Reilly stood reflecting on a second instance in two months where carnage has visited her community.
Testing positive for marijuana does not prevent an athlete from competing, though a second instance would result in a two-year ban.
But then I came to a second instance: "I assume that what Burke says about poetry applies, mutatis mutandis, to the songs of Def Leppard, though they are hardly alembicated at all".
However, if there is a second instance where the same student is caught with illegal drugs in university accommodation, then they will be evicted from their accommodation and have to pay the usual termination charge.
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The Australian federal police issued a first instance arrest warrant for Prakash in August 2015.
Acadian historians speak of the British response as a first instance of "ethnic cleansing".
In a third instance, traces of a lye-type cleaning agent were found in Perrier water poured at a Midtown Benihana restaurant.
Just waiting for a third instance and voilà: a trend. .
In a first instance these materials were tested in the OECD Testing Programme.
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Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
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