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Recent Examples of case study
What Happens Next Thompson said Trump serves as a potential case study for the many presidents to come.
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Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
Most of its libraries are delivered via OTA updates, with developers being provided with manuals, case studies, and continuous integration support.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2025
Illinois and Massachusetts are other favorite case studies of a mismatch between voting and seats in the House.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 28 Oct. 2025
Each case study identifies youth that were given the opportunity to lead and proved the method effective, including Selena Wilson who first entered the doors of EOYDC at four years old and is now its Chief Executive Officer.
—Essence, 24 Oct. 2025
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Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
Most of its libraries are delivered via OTA updates, with developers being provided with manuals, case studies, and continuous integration support.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2025
Illinois and Massachusetts are other favorite case studies of a mismatch between voting and seats in the House.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 28 Oct. 2025
Each case study identifies youth that were given the opportunity to lead and proved the method effective, including Selena Wilson who first entered the doors of EOYDC at four years old and is now its Chief Executive Officer.
—Essence, 24 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for case study
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This year has also been the deadliest on record for people in immigration detention since the early 2000s, with at least 20 people dying so far.—
NPR,
NPR,
3 Nov. 2025
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Chasing a record 299, South Africa made a sedate start under immense pressure from medium pacer Renuka Singh.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
3 Nov. 2025
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One form Asks whether the tree appears To exhibit a history of failures.—
MaKshya Tolbert,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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While speaking, Mamdani went into the archives of Indian history, quoting its first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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The comments were picked up by South Korea’s Chosun Ilbo newspaper, and CNN asked the two former US Navy officers to review that report and the video.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
26 Oct. 2025
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Dover police said authorities had responded to a report of an altercation at the same time gunshots were heard.—
Liam Quinn,
PEOPLE,
26 Oct. 2025
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Researchers who want to do something similar to this mini-experiment will likely need to come up with entirely new and unseen case histories.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
18 July 2025
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But if Charity’s case history imposes some order and fixity on Eugene’s life, the rest of The Knockout Artist reads like an attempt to thwart this, to replace the tidiness of explanation with something more formless and free.—
Charlie Lee,
Harpers Magazine,
18 June 2025
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But the building expresses another chronology that has nothing to do with Harlem.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
3 Nov. 2025
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The book comprises over three dozen portraits by photographer James Van Der Zee—a renowned figure of the Harlem Renaissance known for depicting Black middle-class life—that offer a visual chronology of the tradition, complete with biblical and mythical adornments.—
Air Mail,
Air Mail,
1 Nov. 2025
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Iasiello, a licensed real estate broker, exhaustively and cheerfully documents his work buying, rehabilitating and flipping these homes, providing daily video diaries of the work and line item breakdowns of the entire cost — and profit — associated with some of his projects.—
Karen Wang,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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The place itself, of course, but also artefacts—photographs, diaries, heirlooms.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
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The real story of the Elizabethan succession was altogether darker and more turbulent than Camden’s fiction.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Nov. 2025
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This is the web version of Fortune Tech, a daily newsletter breaking down the biggest players and stories shaping the future.—
Andrew Nusca,
Fortune,
4 Nov. 2025
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