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Recent Examples of case study
Arsenal’s recent 2-0 win over West Ham was a good case study for what Rice could offer in different roles.
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Art De Roché, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
With My Father’s Shadow, Rachel [Dargavel] is a very interesting case study.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2025
The Northern Ireland case study That stands in contrast to peace agreements that have succeeded elsewhere using more inclusive diplomatic frameworks, like in Northern Ireland.
—Dana El Kurd, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2025
Most people would have pitched this as a pathological case study or a parable for the early 21st century blues, presenting this semi-Robin Hood figure as a folk hero stickin’ it to the man.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2025
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Art De Roché, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
With My Father’s Shadow, Rachel [Dargavel] is a very interesting case study.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2025
The Northern Ireland case study That stands in contrast to peace agreements that have succeeded elsewhere using more inclusive diplomatic frameworks, like in Northern Ireland.
—Dana El Kurd, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2025
Most people would have pitched this as a pathological case study or a parable for the early 21st century blues, presenting this semi-Robin Hood figure as a folk hero stickin’ it to the man.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for case study
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As recently as last Tuesday, Argentina’s peso had slumped to a record low, and its bonds were selling off as traders prepared for the weekend election.—
Daniel Flatley,
Fortune,
27 Oct. 2025
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Shalom restricted access to the pond afterward, records show.—
Quinn Clark,
jsonline.com,
27 Oct. 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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Jacksonville businesses of all kinds have been affected by the downstream effects of the second-longest government shutdown in history, including Chicken Country, a restaurant that has provided the area with Southern cooking for about 50 years.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
31 Oct. 2025
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In her exhaustive chronicle, Jennings traces the long folkloric history of monk-tormenting demons.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
31 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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Since filmmaking is both costly and complex, the French model structures a film’s life cycle to reflect levels of investment — allowing those who contribute the most to appear earliest in the chronology, and those who follow to participate proportionally.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
28 Oct. 2025
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As a historian, the first thing is chronology.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
27 Oct. 2025
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The whole team of professional athletes dressed up in costumes far from their red-and-blue NFL uniforms, with many players coordinating with their wives, girlfriends and fiancés, and Bush brought PEOPLE along for the entire wild ride with an exclusive photo diary from the event.—
Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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Anne Frank’s diary has been synonymous with a true account of what life was like amid the horrors of the Holocaust.—
Michelle F. Solomon,
Miami Herald,
29 Oct. 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.—
Jillian Frankel,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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On expedition, the hunter who joined me on polar bear watch was relating a story from his grandfather who told him the telling sign of narwhal appearance.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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