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.
Recent Examples on the Web
To learn more about Moderna's and OpenAI's collaboration, watch an overview video linked here and read a detailed case study linked here.
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Charlotte Observer, 24 Apr. 2024
The songs that emerge from the boardinghouse dramas are not ransacked as psychiatric case studies but are rather given room to let comment proceed naturally from real entertainment.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2024
Six members of the society will present case studies.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Apr. 2024
The Clearwater wind farm offers a telling case study.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2024
This scene of abandonment is a byproduct of a multibillion-dollar rail project that has spanned three decades and six prime ministers — a case study in the problems Britain encounters when planning large-scale infrastructure, and of the scarring that remains when such projects go awry.
—Stephen Castle, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2024
There’s no doubt San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich will use Green’s game as a case study in his lessons for how to win games in the NBA.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2024
While their case study was reviewed and approved before publication by a Zest AI representative, it wasn’t funded by the company.
—Laura Bratton, Quartz, 2 Apr. 2024
As of last month, a case study on the website of an AI company called Quantiphi referenced working on a facial recognition project related to the Coca-Cola Freestyle machine.
—Jason Del Rey, Fortune, 29 Mar. 2024
Charlotte Observer, 24 Apr. 2024
The songs that emerge from the boardinghouse dramas are not ransacked as psychiatric case studies but are rather given room to let comment proceed naturally from real entertainment.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2024
Six members of the society will present case studies.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Apr. 2024
The Clearwater wind farm offers a telling case study.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2024
This scene of abandonment is a byproduct of a multibillion-dollar rail project that has spanned three decades and six prime ministers — a case study in the problems Britain encounters when planning large-scale infrastructure, and of the scarring that remains when such projects go awry.
—Stephen Castle, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2024
There’s no doubt San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich will use Green’s game as a case study in his lessons for how to win games in the NBA.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2024
While their case study was reviewed and approved before publication by a Zest AI representative, it wasn’t funded by the company.
—Laura Bratton, Quartz, 2 Apr. 2024
As of last month, a case study on the website of an AI company called Quantiphi referenced working on a facial recognition project related to the Coca-Cola Freestyle machine.
—Jason Del Rey, Fortune, 29 Mar. 2024
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“Case study.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/case%20study. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.
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