^Amazon	matches any string that starts with "Amazon".
google$	matches a string that ends with "google".
^abc$	matches a string that starts and ends with "abc" - effectively an exact match comparison.
notice	matches a string that has the text "notice" in it.

^((?!output).)*$	matches any string that does not contain "output" or any case insensitive variation.
^(?!output).*$	Matches any string that does does not start with "output" or any case insensitive variation.
.*(?<!output)$	Matches any string that does not end with "output" or any case insensitive variation.
^(?!output$).*	Matches any string that is not exactly "output" or any case insensitive variation.

.at	matches any three-character string ending with "at", including "hat", "cat", and "bat".
[hc]at	matches "hat" and "cat".
[^b]at	matches all strings matched by .at except "bat".
[^hc]at	matches all strings matched by .at other than "hat" and "cat".
^[hc]at	matches "hat" and "cat", but only at the beginning of the string or line.
[hc]at$	matches "hat" and "cat", but only at the end of the string or line.
\[.\]	matches any single character surrounded by "[" and "]" since the brackets are escaped, for example: "[a]" and "[b]".
s.*	matches any number of characters preceded by s, for example: "saw" and "seed".

[hc]+at	matches "hat", "cat", "hhat", "chat", "hcat", "cchchat", and so on, but not "at".
[hc]?at	matches "hat", "cat", and "at".
[hc]*at	matches "hat", "cat", "hhat", "chat", "hcat", "cchchat", "at", and so on.
cat|dog	matches "cat" or "dog".

ab{2}	matches a string that has an "a" followed by exactly two b's ("abb")
ab{2,}	matches a string that has an "a" followed by at least two b's ("abb", "abbbb", etc.)
ab{3,5}	matches a string that has an "a" followed by three to five b's ("abbb", "abbbb", or "abbbbb")

hi|hello	matches a string that has either "hi" or "hello" in it
(b|cd)ef	matches a string that has either "bef" or "cdef"
(a|b)*c	matches a string that has a sequence of alternating a's and b's ending in a c

[ab]	matches a string that has either an a or a b (that's the same as "a|b")
[a-d]	matches a string that has lowercase letters 'a' through 'd' (that's equal to "a|b|c|d" and even "[abcd]")
^[a-zA-Z]	matches a string that starts with a letter
[0-9]%	matches a string that has a single digit before a percent sign
,[a-zA-Z0- 9]$	matches a string that ends in a comma followed by an alphanumeric character