For example, Sparta, static, yet lively (9)
I believe the answer is:
citystate
'for example sparta' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'static yet lively' is the wordplay.
'lively' indicates anagramming the letters (letters get livened up or moved around).
'static'+'yet'='staticyet'
'staticyet' is an anagram of 'CITYSTATE'.
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