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a published piece of writing about a person, group, or situation that has been studied over time
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Recent Examples of case studies
If sheer tonnage of voter case studies and white papers could rescue a party, Democrats would be set for years.
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Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026
If Grosz’s first book, The Examined Life, was all about his patients’ personal lives and struggles, Love’s Labor—which is written in a similar way, as a series of case studies—is much more interested in his patients’ approach to love, specifically.
—Daisy Jones, Vogue, 10 Feb. 2026
Ever since, Caesar remains one of history’s most compelling case studies in leadership.
—Paul Vanderbroeck, Big Think, 9 Feb. 2026
Both women had something to gain, Adams needed Tolles’ eye and labor, Tolles needed more case studies for her social media and business website.
—Lina Abascal, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2026
These are new case studies on how larger companies are deploying AI internally.
—Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 25 Jan. 2026
Those fellows had a front-row look at tyranny, with case studies strewed before them — Nero, Caligula, Commodus, Domitian, Tiberius.
—David Brooks, Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2026
And Silenced is about that fight, using headline-grabbing cases from around the world as case studies.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 22 Jan. 2026
Both authors write as recovering fawners, weaving their own stories through case studies and explication of therapeutic motifs.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026
If Grosz’s first book, The Examined Life, was all about his patients’ personal lives and struggles, Love’s Labor—which is written in a similar way, as a series of case studies—is much more interested in his patients’ approach to love, specifically.
—Daisy Jones, Vogue, 10 Feb. 2026
Ever since, Caesar remains one of history’s most compelling case studies in leadership.
—Paul Vanderbroeck, Big Think, 9 Feb. 2026
Both women had something to gain, Adams needed Tolles’ eye and labor, Tolles needed more case studies for her social media and business website.
—Lina Abascal, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2026
These are new case studies on how larger companies are deploying AI internally.
—Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 25 Jan. 2026
Those fellows had a front-row look at tyranny, with case studies strewed before them — Nero, Caligula, Commodus, Domitian, Tiberius.
—David Brooks, Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2026
And Silenced is about that fight, using headline-grabbing cases from around the world as case studies.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 22 Jan. 2026
Both authors write as recovering fawners, weaving their own stories through case studies and explication of therapeutic motifs.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for case studies
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Whitney Murphy was shot three times, including in the back of the head at point-blank range, according to court records that referenced her autopsy report.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
20 Feb. 2026
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Court records show the office has been operating in crisis mode, bringing in prosecutors from other states, asking judges to delay hearings, and trying to make some cases go away through dismissals and plea agreements.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 Feb. 2026
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According to reports, the latest issue was discovered in the Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage (ICPS) of the rocket stack.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Feb. 2026
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The bodies of the victims were still being dug out from under the rubble on Sunday morning, according to state media reports.—
Sophia Saifi,
CNN Money,
22 Feb. 2026
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Three of the papers have deep histories in their communities.—
Beret Leone,
CBS News,
15 Feb. 2026
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According to oral tribal histories, the sachems demonstrated the boundaries of the Providence Land Grant to Roger Williams by standing at Neutaconkanut Hill and spreading their arms wide.—
Antonia Noori Farzan,
The Providence Journal,
14 Feb. 2026
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Plaintiff attorneys have built similar tools capable of producing polished demand letters, medical chronologies, and settlement ranges using massive legal datasets.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
27 Jan. 2026
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This requires a set of skills to interrogate the past by probing deeply, constructing and reconstructing chronologies, and contemplating counterfactuals in which different decisions might have significantly altered subsequent events.—
John T. Shaw,
Twin Cities,
5 Nov. 2025
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According to Crystal Hefner, the photos in the diaries were private images, never intended for publication in Playboy or in any other format.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
18 Feb. 2026
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Kennedy has crafted a new narrative of the ride, informed by primary and secondary research into archives, family letters and diaries, contemporary accounts, and more.—
Staff Report,
Hartford Courant,
18 Feb. 2026
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“Case studies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/case%20studies. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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