test case
noun
1
: a representative case whose outcome is likely to serve as a precedent
2
: a proceeding brought by agreement or on an understanding of the parties to obtain a decision as to the constitutionality of a statute
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Notably, there’s a good chance that whoever runs against Ossoff will be a House Republican who voted for the bill, offering a prime test case for the politics surrounding it.
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Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 11 July 2025
One thing that the film and play misrepresent is the circumstances of Scopes' arrest, which was a deliberate test case to challenge the Tennessee law outlawing the teaching of evolution.
—Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 8 July 2025
On the ice, there could not have been a better test case for Berube’s system than Knies.
—Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 3 May 2025
Testing And Edge-Case Handling AI tools can generate a wide array of test cases based on past failures or code coverage gaps.
—Sebastian Avila, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
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Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 11 July 2025
One thing that the film and play misrepresent is the circumstances of Scopes' arrest, which was a deliberate test case to challenge the Tennessee law outlawing the teaching of evolution.
—Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 8 July 2025
On the ice, there could not have been a better test case for Berube’s system than Knies.
—Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 3 May 2025
Testing And Edge-Case Handling AI tools can generate a wide array of test cases based on past failures or code coverage gaps.
—Sebastian Avila, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for test case
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“Test case.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/test%20case. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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