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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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Idaho has history of laws targeting trans people Over the past several years, the Idaho Legislature and lawmakers across the country have passed a series of bills targeting transgender youth and adults, several of which are now being litigated.—
Becca Savransky,
Idaho Statesman,
10 Jan. 2026
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Trump’s words and actions now have observers reaching for the history books.—
Nathan Hodge,
CNN Money,
10 Jan. 2026
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According to the latest report from the California Association of Realtors, the state’s most affordable homes can primarily be found in Northern California and the Central Valley.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
12 Jan. 2026
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Fleeger filed a report at the scene, and the Freeman family left the event.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
12 Jan. 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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This reevaluation of the chronology by a historian matched the funerary record outlined by an archaeologist.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Jan. 2026
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In a days-long investigation, Austin Police interviewed witnesses, some multiple times, to ascertain the chronology of events that led to Aguilera's death.—
Anna Lazarus Caplan,
PEOPLE,
4 Dec. 2025
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As part of this project, more than 100,000 people submitted detailed food diaries over the course of multiple years.—
Jamie Ducharme,
Health,
9 Jan. 2026
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The diary of a water sommelier.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Jan. 2026
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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 13 Jan. 2026.
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