n. 25B6; noun
an instance of racism : EXAMPLE, exemplar, occasion, occurrence, case; illustration.
(formal) proceedings began at the instance of the director : INSTIGATION, prompting, suggestion; request, entreaty, demand, insistence; wish, desire.
25B6; verb as an example I would instance Jones's work : CITE, quote, refer to, mention, allude to, give; specify, name, identify, draw attention to, put forward, offer, advance.
25A0; in the first instance INITIALLY, at first, at the start, at the outset, in/at the beginning, to begin with, to start with, originally.