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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Contributor, USA Today, 27 Feb. 2026
Those four projects shared key characteristics — and those characteristics help explain why White Stadium is a case study in procurement failure.
—Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 27 Feb. 2026
Citrini’s post also digs into a specific case study of how this dynamic impacts one company, DoorDash.
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Contributor, USA Today, 27 Feb. 2026
Those four projects shared key characteristics — and those characteristics help explain why White Stadium is a case study in procurement failure.
—Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 27 Feb. 2026
Citrini’s post also digs into a specific case study of how this dynamic impacts one company, DoorDash.
—James Folta, Literary Hub, 26 Feb. 2026
These case studies offer a cautionary roadmap for Anthropic.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 26 Feb. 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 4 Mar. 2026.
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