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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 study
And what started as a case study ended up really being an independent film that was also a manifesto for Fantasy, in a way.
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Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 7 Aug. 2025
But the old saying goes that there's no such thing as bad publicity, and this is an excellent case study.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 7 Aug. 2025
The company that once symbolized bloated complexity became a case study in value creation, not through growth or innovation, but by finally acknowledging that size had become a liability.
—Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
Sterling’s ineffective loan from Chelsea last season is a case study for how negativity can end up justified.
—Amy Lawrence, New York Times, 25 July 2025
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Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 7 Aug. 2025
But the old saying goes that there's no such thing as bad publicity, and this is an excellent case study.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 7 Aug. 2025
The company that once symbolized bloated complexity became a case study in value creation, not through growth or innovation, but by finally acknowledging that size had become a liability.
—Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
Sterling’s ineffective loan from Chelsea last season is a case study for how negativity can end up justified.
—Amy Lawrence, New York Times, 25 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for case study
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Educating voters about his actual record is job #1 — especially his 99.2% record voting with Trump while President.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Aug. 2025
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Hurricane Beryl formed on June 28 and became the earliest Category 5 Atlantic hurricane on record before making landfall in Carriacou on July 1.—
Mary Whitfill Roeloffs,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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The poll found that just 50% of those aged 18 to 34 report drinking, whereas 56% of those 35-55, and 55 and older drink.—
Cara Lynn Shultz,
People.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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In Ohio, maps must be redrawn due to a quirk of state law – which may make the state’s delegation even more Republican and carve up two Democratic seats, according to a report in June from CNN’s Fredreka Schouten.—
Zoe Sottile,
CNN Money,
16 Aug. 2025
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The rout was just one goal shy of matching the Liga MX record for the biggest win in the division's history when Pumas UNAM dominated Veracruz 8-0 back in November 2007.—
Kilty Cleary,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Aug. 2025
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The Knicks are coming off their deepest playoff run in a quarter century; the Heat are coming off the most-lopsided playoff-series loss in NBA history.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
16 Aug. 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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The distinction between the two is that Tsushima deploys the more fantastical elements of her story not in order to negotiate historical chronology, but to undo it.—
Katie Kitamura,
Harpers Magazine,
16 July 2025
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Indeed, the narrator’s desire for proximity to her mother forms the connective tissue stitching together the chronology of her childhood.—
Rachel Vorona Cote,
The Atlantic,
15 July 2025
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The film was created from her private diaries and thousands of analog photographs, depicting the underground movement in 1980s Czechoslovakia as well as Jarcovjáková’s dramatic escape to West Berlin and an exclusive photo shoot in Tokyo.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
11 Aug. 2025
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Drawing from her private diaries and thousands of analog photographs, the director charts Jarcovjáková’s life from the dissident art circles of communist Czechoslovakia to high-fashion shoots in Tokyo.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Aug. 2025
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Share stories of lateral moves in company updates—not as policy footnotes but as real growth journeys.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
People.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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“Case study.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/case%20study. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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