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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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One senses that there may have been more to the woman’s silence than awestruck agreement, but Bergler cheerfully adds her to his portfolio of case studies, in which patients’ sartorial peculiarities are unfailingly traced to episodes from their pasts.
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Leslie Jamison, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
The Turkish leader’s predicament is a case study in the perils of allowing domestic political considerations — and personal pique — to override foreign policy and national security.
—Bobby Ghosh, Time, 22 Dec. 2025
According to Kalas, the multi-decade mystery also serves as a case study in the difficulties that come with searching the cosmos.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 18 Dec. 2025
Not great, obviously, and Ilya Marritz, returning as host, shows you just how not great by using that one particularly famous university as a case study in how deeply academia has come under fire from the White House and how its internal culture has been roiled in its wake.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 15 Dec. 2025
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Leslie Jamison, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
The Turkish leader’s predicament is a case study in the perils of allowing domestic political considerations — and personal pique — to override foreign policy and national security.
—Bobby Ghosh, Time, 22 Dec. 2025
According to Kalas, the multi-decade mystery also serves as a case study in the difficulties that come with searching the cosmos.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 18 Dec. 2025
Not great, obviously, and Ilya Marritz, returning as host, shows you just how not great by using that one particularly famous university as a case study in how deeply academia has come under fire from the White House and how its internal culture has been roiled in its wake.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 15 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for case study
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Jail records show Gatica faces charges of DUI causing death or bodily injury and hit-and-run causing death or bodily injury.—
Greg Wehner , Bill Melugin,
FOXNews.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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To date, the agency has investigated 408 fatal incidents resulting in 454 deaths on Arkansas highways, state police records say.—
Daniel McFadin,
Arkansas Online,
10 Nov. 2025
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One form Asks whether the tree appears To exhibit a history of failures.—
MaKshya Tolbert,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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While speaking, Mamdani went into the archives of Indian history, quoting its first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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Calls for a nationwide boycott trended for weeks, and effigies of the actor were burned, according to local media reports.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
9 Nov. 2025
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Fox News Digital's Michael Ruiz and the Associated Press contributed to this report.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
9 Nov. 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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But the building expresses another chronology that has nothing to do with Harlem.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
3 Nov. 2025
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The book comprises over three dozen portraits by photographer James Van Der Zee—a renowned figure of the Harlem Renaissance known for depicting Black middle-class life—that offer a visual chronology of the tradition, complete with biblical and mythical adornments.—
Air Mail,
Air Mail,
1 Nov. 2025
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Iasiello, a licensed real estate broker, exhaustively and cheerfully documents his work buying, rehabilitating and flipping these homes, providing daily video diaries of the work and line item breakdowns of the entire cost — and profit — associated with some of his projects.—
Karen Wang,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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The place itself, of course, but also artefacts—photographs, diaries, heirlooms.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
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This single-story home boasts a generous living space with four bedrooms and two baths.—
Bay Area Home Report,
Mercury News,
7 Jan. 2026
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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.—
Katie Hill,
PEOPLE,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Case study.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/case%20study. Accessed 8 Jan. 2026.
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