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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These are new case studies on how larger companies are deploying AI internally.
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Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 25 Jan. 2026
Those fellows had a front-row look at tyranny, with case studies strewed before them — Nero, Caligula, Commodus, Domitian, Tiberius.
—David Brooks, Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2026
And Silenced is about that fight, using headline-grabbing cases from around the world as case studies.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 22 Jan. 2026
In other words, scientists don’t have a case study to look up to or be inspired by in their quest to reverse the Great Salt Lake’s demise.
—Tomris Laffly, Variety, 22 Jan. 2026
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Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 25 Jan. 2026
Those fellows had a front-row look at tyranny, with case studies strewed before them — Nero, Caligula, Commodus, Domitian, Tiberius.
—David Brooks, Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2026
And Silenced is about that fight, using headline-grabbing cases from around the world as case studies.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 22 Jan. 2026
In other words, scientists don’t have a case study to look up to or be inspired by in their quest to reverse the Great Salt Lake’s demise.
—Tomris Laffly, Variety, 22 Jan. 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 28 Jan. 2026.
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