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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TikTok sees this as a test case that Hollywood studios can utilize to market its movies.
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Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 13 Dec. 2025
His test case went to the Supreme Court.
—Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Dec. 2025
The Zurich researchers had spun out a startup, later folded into a larger language-services firm, Supertext, and saw Romansh as a perfect test case.
—Simon Akam, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
What if New York City became a test case for how modular construction could allow public housing, ordered and built at massive scale, in unionized factories, to become cheaper and faster to build than market-rate housing?
—Ezra Klein, Mercury News, 29 Nov. 2025
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Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 13 Dec. 2025
His test case went to the Supreme Court.
—Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Dec. 2025
The Zurich researchers had spun out a startup, later folded into a larger language-services firm, Supertext, and saw Romansh as a perfect test case.
—Simon Akam, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
What if New York City became a test case for how modular construction could allow public housing, ordered and built at massive scale, in unionized factories, to become cheaper and faster to build than market-rate housing?
—Ezra Klein, Mercury News, 29 Nov. 2025
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“Test case.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/test%20case. Accessed 19 Dec. 2025.
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