case study
noun
1
: an intensive analysis of an individual unit (such as a person or community) stressing developmental factors in relation to environment
2
Examples of case study in a Sentence
a case study of prisoners
The company's recent history is a case study in bad management.
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To learn more about Moderna's and OpenAI's collaboration, watch an overview video linked here and read a detailed case study linked here.
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Charlotte Observer, 24 Apr. 2024
The songs that emerge from the boardinghouse dramas are not ransacked as psychiatric case studies but are rather given room to let comment proceed naturally from real entertainment.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2024
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Charlotte Observer, 24 Apr. 2024
The songs that emerge from the boardinghouse dramas are not ransacked as psychiatric case studies but are rather given room to let comment proceed naturally from real entertainment.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2024
See all Example Sentences for case study
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“Case study.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/case%20study. Accessed 5 May. 2024.
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