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
Examples of case study in a Sentence
a case study of prisoners
The company's recent history is a case study in bad management.
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Seven years after Tulsa Remote began paying workers $10,000 to move to their Oklahoma city, the experiment has become a case study in how relocation incentives can bolster a local economy and widen the workforce employers can tap.
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Kristin Stoller, Fortune, 23 Mar. 2026
Filmart’s Another World case study was one of several panels that focused on Asia’s booming animation industries, also including sessions on exploiting animation IP and co-production of animation projects between Asia and Europe.
—Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 21 Mar. 2026
That skill is rarely taught in a case study.
—Stephanie Dillon, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2026
Harvard University freshman point guard Malik Mack was sitting in his American Capitalism class as a case study in the big business of college basketball was silently unfolding on his phone.
—Janet Lorin, Bloomberg, 19 Mar. 2026
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Kristin Stoller, Fortune, 23 Mar. 2026
Filmart’s Another World case study was one of several panels that focused on Asia’s booming animation industries, also including sessions on exploiting animation IP and co-production of animation projects between Asia and Europe.
—Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 21 Mar. 2026
That skill is rarely taught in a case study.
—Stephanie Dillon, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2026
Harvard University freshman point guard Malik Mack was sitting in his American Capitalism class as a case study in the big business of college basketball was silently unfolding on his phone.
—Janet Lorin, Bloomberg, 19 Mar. 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 26 Mar. 2026.
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