in which case
idiom
: which if true
They might not let you buy the tickets yet, in which case you should try again tomorrow.
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Lott’s definition is proper, in which case Lott is failing to include thousands of applicable shootings that don’t have a DGU.
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Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2025
That extra pick could also be helpful if the Braves were to sign a free agent who turned down a qualifying offer from his former team, in which case the signing team gives up a draft pick to the team from which the player got the QO.
—David O'Brien, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2025
Is it meant to suggest something about focaccia’s typically dimpled surface, in which case … kinda rude?
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No substitutions for prize except by Sponsor, in which case a prize of equal or greater value will be substituted.
—Vogue, 13 Oct. 2025
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Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2025
That extra pick could also be helpful if the Braves were to sign a free agent who turned down a qualifying offer from his former team, in which case the signing team gives up a draft pick to the team from which the player got the QO.
—David O'Brien, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2025
Is it meant to suggest something about focaccia’s typically dimpled surface, in which case … kinda rude?
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2025
No substitutions for prize except by Sponsor, in which case a prize of equal or greater value will be substituted.
—Vogue, 13 Oct. 2025
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“In which case.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20which%20case. Accessed 30 Nov. 2025.
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