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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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Recent Examples of case study
His case study is Anna Wintour, the 76-year-old editor who has dominated global fashion culture since 1988.
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Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 25 May 2026
Florida is an ideal case study demonstrating that a conservative tax posture can promote household and business prosperity.
—Nicole Huyer, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 May 2026
Graves is a perfect case study for this mentality.
—Susan Lamotte, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
Gap is becoming one of the most interesting brand case studies in America right now.
—Jesse Kirshbaum, SPIN, 22 May 2026
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Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 25 May 2026
Florida is an ideal case study demonstrating that a conservative tax posture can promote household and business prosperity.
—Nicole Huyer, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 May 2026
Graves is a perfect case study for this mentality.
—Susan Lamotte, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
Gap is becoming one of the most interesting brand case studies in America right now.
—Jesse Kirshbaum, SPIN, 22 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for case study
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He was booked into the Maguire Correctional Facility in Redwood City and is being held without bail, according to jail records.—
Jason Green,
Mercury News,
29 May 2026
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Butler registered as a Republican in April 2025 and voted in the Republican primary in 2024, according to county voter registration records.—
Caleb Lunetta,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 May 2026
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One of the most improbable stories in college golf history ended late Tuesday afternoon in Carlsbad.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 May 2026
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Hello Sanctos entered the Spruce Meadows ‘Masters’ in 2015 on the cusp of history.—
Danielle Rossingh,
New York Times,
27 May 2026
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Among frequent issues cited in the adverse event reports were administration of an extra or incorrect dose, issues with communication about a product, and prescribing errors.—
Maia Rosenfeld,
NBC news,
29 May 2026
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On Thursday, May 28, the National Park Service (NPS) confirmed in a release that park rangers had received a report around midnight local time regarding the four people who had fallen.—
Becca Longmire,
PEOPLE,
29 May 2026
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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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Break down the chronology of your and Christian’s relationship.—
Mikael Wood,
Los Angeles Times,
11 May 2026
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Written in third person narration, the novel follows a linear chronology of events.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
8 May 2026
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The big fear was that the Nazis are going to get hold of these diaries.—
Anne Thompson,
IndieWire,
18 May 2026
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Hundreds of pages worth of private emails, text messages and internal meeting notes were submitted as evidence, including Brockman’s personal diaries, and texts between Musk and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg discussing possibly trying to buy OpenAI together.—
Hadas Gold,
CNN Money,
18 May 2026
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But two groups work tirelessly to tell Free Frank’s story — his descendants, spread widely across the country, and a small group of local residents who form the New Philadelphia Association.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
23 May 2026
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Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
23 May 2026
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“Case study.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/case%20study. Accessed 30 May. 2026.
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