Word for "this is an example of the type of incident being discussed"?
Here's an example context:
Recently, there has been a lot of discussion about stores overpricing their bacon. The recent event in which the store priced bacon at $100/lb is a perfect ___ of this.
I was using the word "Example" at the blank there, but I vaguely recall there being a more suitable word. Example doesn't seem quite right, since it would technically mean an example of the discussion, right?
Case
Case means ‘example of a situation occurring’, or ‘situation’.
Example:
- Recently, there has been a lot of discussion about stores overpricing their bacon. The recent event in which the store priced bacon at $100/lb is a perfect case of such overpricing.
- In the case of a fire occurring, meet at the designated area.
- She had thought he was honest, but sadly that was not the case.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20case
Note: in the example taken from the question, I have added the word ‘overpricing’ to make it clear that the ‘case’ applies to ‘the price’ and not to ‘the discussion’. I added the word ‘such’ to denote that the overpricing was an example of overpricing of the type being discussed.