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Recent Examples of case study
The transformation of the Warriors from a perennial money-losing franchise that rarely made the playoffs into a financial juggernaut should be a Harvard Business School case study.
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Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 18 Apr. 2025
In a most extreme case study, there’s an argument in the market that the sum of Alphabet’s different businesses — mainly Search, YouTube, and Google Cloud — are worth more than the current stock price.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 17 Apr. 2025
Wildlife management under the ESA has changed dramatically since its bipartisan and unanimous passage 50 years ago, during the Nixon administration, according to a case study published Tuesday in Frontiers in Conservation Science.
—Sharon Udasin, The Hill, 16 Apr. 2025
At the same time, the youngest Carter's mental health struggles and addictions had been well documented for years prior to his death in 2022 and made his life yet another case study in the perils of child stardom.
—Rachel Brodsky, Time, 15 Apr. 2025
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Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 18 Apr. 2025
In a most extreme case study, there’s an argument in the market that the sum of Alphabet’s different businesses — mainly Search, YouTube, and Google Cloud — are worth more than the current stock price.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 17 Apr. 2025
Wildlife management under the ESA has changed dramatically since its bipartisan and unanimous passage 50 years ago, during the Nixon administration, according to a case study published Tuesday in Frontiers in Conservation Science.
—Sharon Udasin, The Hill, 16 Apr. 2025
At the same time, the youngest Carter's mental health struggles and addictions had been well documented for years prior to his death in 2022 and made his life yet another case study in the perils of child stardom.
—Rachel Brodsky, Time, 15 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for case study
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Trump's favorability with Americans overall has slipped recently, hitting a record low for any president in their first 100 days going back to Franklin D. Roosevelt's third term.—
Savannah Kuchar,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2025
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Trump has hit multiple records for his first 100 days in office, but the rapidity of his actions also highlights the fragility of relying on presidential action to cement core policies.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
29 Apr. 2025
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President Donald Trump is blaming his predecessor, former President Joe Biden, after a report showed the U.S. economy shrunk in the first several months of this year – the first decline in the U.S. economy in three years.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA Today,
1 May 2025
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The report also accused the U.S. of not doing more to combat the virus.—
Louis Casiano,
FOXNews.com,
1 May 2025
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This isn’t the first time a bottled piece of history has made its way into modern-day headlines.—
Khloe Quill,
FOXNews.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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Emilie Raymond is a professor of history at Virginia Commonwealth University.—
Made by History,
Time,
30 Apr. 2025
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One of the most significant challenges is communication: Pet owners may struggle to accurately describe symptoms or behaviors, leading to incomplete or unclear case histories.—
Massimiliano Melis,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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This application enables clinicians and researchers to access comprehensive case histories, diagnostic tests and treatments for specific conditions or species.—
Massimiliano Melis,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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Instead, Hubris contains numerous errors concerning chronology, geography, and election details and even misidentifies NATO’s founding members.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
9 Apr. 2025
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Hood never shows this chronology to Helen, but lays it out—with some redactions—for the reader.—
Bekah Waalkes,
The Atlantic,
1 Apr. 2025
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There is advice for journaling and a plethora of purchasing options for gratitude notebooks and diaries.—
Monica Y. Bartlett,
The Conversation,
24 Apr. 2025
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These aren’t my words, or even the diaries of a polar explorer, but those of my grandmother Sara Eubanks, who traveled to what is called the white continent in January 2003 in celebration of my grandfather Robert’s 70th birthday.—
Caroline Eubanks,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Apr. 2025
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In this story: hair, Virginie Moreira; makeup, Ammy Drammeh; grooming, Yuko Fredriksson; braiding, Lorraine Dublin, Angela Torio Rivera; manicurist, Adam Slee; tailor, Judith Grant.—
Malick Bodian,
Vogue,
24 Apr. 2025
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Top stories About the writer Gabe Whisnant is a Breaking News Editor at Newsweek based in North Carolina.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Apr. 2025
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