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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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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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Former Mizzou walk-on Cody Schrader eclipsed 1,627 yards his final year in Columbia, setting the program’s single-season rushing record.—
Maddie Hartley
August 15,
Kansas City Star,
15 Aug. 2025
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Scouting report: Sounders coach Brian Schmetzer credited Minnesota for the win in June.—
Andy Greder,
Twin Cities,
16 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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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 suit is part of a history of antagonism between Gillett and the industry over adverse decisions that the utilities argue are based on misapplication of regulatory law.—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
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 series release order does not follow the story’s chronology — 2006’s The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift is set later than the next three movies that were released.—
Adam England,
People.com,
18 Aug. 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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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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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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Jordan Green and Diana Leyva contributed to this story.—
Joyce Orlando,
The Tennessean,
23 Aug. 2025
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This story covers travel in the first six months of the Braun administration.—
Brittany Carloni,
IndyStar,
23 Aug. 2025
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