case study
noun
1
: an intensive analysis of an individual unit (such as a person or community) stressing developmental factors in relation to environment
2
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a case study of prisoners
The company's recent history is a case study in bad management.
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Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 16 June 2026
The shortcomings — insufficient specificity, thin systemic risk analysis, bank-centric case studies — are significant but correctable.
—Mayra Rodriguez Valladares, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
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Extensive international case studies also provide a rich basis for reimagining our insurance and resilience institutions.
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Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 16 June 2026
The shortcomings — insufficient specificity, thin systemic risk analysis, bank-centric case studies — are significant but correctable.
—Mayra Rodriguez Valladares, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
GPTZero alleges that an LLM research tool was asked to find appropriate case studies of companies using agentic AI across the world.
—Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 14 June 2026
Extensive international case studies also provide a rich basis for reimagining our insurance and resilience institutions.
—The Conversation, Fortune, 12 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for case study
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“Case study.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/case%20study. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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