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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Is it meant to suggest something about focaccia’s typically dimpled surface, in which case … kinda rude?
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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
Unless, that is, the object being stretched is in some kind of viscous fluid, in which case the amount of extension also depends on time.
—Anna Demming, Quanta Magazine, 10 Oct. 2025
Or Miami wins, but Georgia Tech only loses one or two conferences games, then beats Georgia, in which case the ’Canes and Jackets might both get in.
—Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
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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
Unless, that is, the object being stretched is in some kind of viscous fluid, in which case the amount of extension also depends on time.
—Anna Demming, Quanta Magazine, 10 Oct. 2025
Or Miami wins, but Georgia Tech only loses one or two conferences games, then beats Georgia, in which case the ’Canes and Jackets might both get in.
—Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 1 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 29 Oct. 2025.
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