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a published piece of writing about a person, group, or situation that has been studied over time
a case study of prisoners case studies of patients with the rare disease
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Edited by architecture scholars Susan Holden and Ashley Paine, Keeping Culture offers a critical analysis of storage through an array of contemporary case studies ranging from Japan to Flanders.
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Kelly Presutti,
ARTnews.com,
26 June 2026
Antoine Fuqua, 127 minutes The new case study in the never-ending debate about critics versus fans is this Michael Jackson biopic.
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Brian Tallerico,
Vulture,
26 June 2026
Texas has already seen conditions like our case study’s – a heat wave paired with a power outage.
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Zoltan Nagy,
The Conversation,
23 June 2026
This involves being brave when discussing case studies.
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Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
22 June 2026
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Kelly Presutti,
ARTnews.com,
26 June 2026
Antoine Fuqua, 127 minutes The new case study in the never-ending debate about critics versus fans is this Michael Jackson biopic.
—
Brian Tallerico,
Vulture,
26 June 2026
Texas has already seen conditions like our case study’s – a heat wave paired with a power outage.
—
Zoltan Nagy,
The Conversation,
23 June 2026
This involves being brave when discussing case studies.
—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
22 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for case study
Recent Examples of Synonyms for case study
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Mbappé put France ahead with a brilliant crossover step in the 45th minute and then added a second-half goal to break a World Cup knockout round scoring record, and Les Bleus beat Sweden 3-0 to set up a round of 16 match against Paraguay.
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But the records do not identify Swift or Kelce or indicate whether the event is directly connected to the couple.
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The Atlas Lions made history last time around in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar as the first African team to reach the semifinals.
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The Secret Service has said this year’s fireworks display will be more heavily guarded than any in recent history.
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The Alameda County Coroner’s Office said an autopsy report is awaiting test results after extra testing was requested by Martin’s family.
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The trail that led to the record haul began in the state of Queensland, when local police officers responding to reports of a truck fire found 40 kilograms of cocaine floating in the sea near a boat ramp.
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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.
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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.
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For generations, society has conditioned us to measure life through chronology.
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Even before the chronology starts to go haywire, the film has the mood of the past in its chilly bones.
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Louis had lit Bruce on fire with Claudia’s (Delainey Hayles) diary entry as a punishment for raping her.
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The film also draws on video diaries shot in Rushdie’s hospital room in the days after the attack by his wife, Rachel Eliza Griffiths.
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The Sacramento Bee published several notable stories Friday covering local government, public health and state worker policy.
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“Case study.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/case%20study. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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