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a published piece of writing about a person, group, or situation that has been studied over time
a case study of prisoners case studies of patients with the rare disease
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Recent Examples of case study
Kim Kardashian’s Actors on Actors pairing with Chloë Sevigny is a case study in what happens when an A-list celebrity doesn’t even try; the spectacle that emerges is watching Sevigny awkwardly carry that conversation all on her own.
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Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 27 May 2025
This story has layers, all of them a depressing case study.
—Damon Beres, The Atlantic, 20 May 2025
Their case study, published in The New England Journal of Medicine, demonstrates the powerful potential of precision gene editing for rare diseases.
—Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 16 May 2025
One of the billion-dollar disasters that struck last year provided a case study for the need to better assess and plan for climate risks to power systems.
—Jeff Young, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
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Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 27 May 2025
This story has layers, all of them a depressing case study.
—Damon Beres, The Atlantic, 20 May 2025
Their case study, published in The New England Journal of Medicine, demonstrates the powerful potential of precision gene editing for rare diseases.
—Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 16 May 2025
One of the billion-dollar disasters that struck last year provided a case study for the need to better assess and plan for climate risks to power systems.
—Jeff Young, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for case study
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Israel exported a record $14.7 billion in defense products in 2024, marking a 13 percent increase from 2023, the Israeli Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 June 2025
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Marshall also set the NFL record with 29 career fumble recoveries.—
Paulina Dedaj,
FOXNews.com,
4 June 2025
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If no case is filed, state prosecutors must release a report detailing the evidence and the legal reasoning for why charges were not warranted.—
Matthew Ormseth,
Los Angeles Times,
6 June 2025
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Before the 2023 debt ceiling deal, the White House Council on Environmental Quality issued a report stating that environmental impact statements, which are mandated under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), took on average four and a half years.—
Matt Robison,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 June 2025
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Trump’s ability to flip a switch and ease the all-consuming pressure on the global economy, at least somewhat, is probably the most blunt and effective tool in modern history to reverse any sentiment doom spiral.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
5 June 2025
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Barring something substantial keeping him from reaching that mark in 2025, Machado will become the 79th player in history to have accomplished the 350/2,000 double and just the 12th to do so by his age-32 season.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 June 2025
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One of the most significant challenges is communication: Pet owners may struggle to accurately describe symptoms or behaviors, leading to incomplete or unclear case histories.—
Massimiliano Melis,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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This application enables clinicians and researchers to access comprehensive case histories, diagnostic tests and treatments for specific conditions or species.—
Massimiliano Melis,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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The new chronology used wood samples recovered from the Drouzet River in the Southern French Alps.—
David Bressan,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2025
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Without an alternate chronology compiled or published by the U.S. government, the committee became the go-to source for formally identifying recessions.—
Rachel Barber,
USA Today,
7 Apr. 2025
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Staying in Books: Here are 10 books to read in June, including literary fiction about a parent’s blurry past and Manhattan diaries from the Reagan era.—
Kevinisha Walker,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2025
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She was also reportedly linked in Walczak’s pardon application to a push to publicize the diary of former President Biden’s daughter during the 2020 cycle.—
Julia Mueller,
The Hill,
27 May 2025
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These highlights were written by the reporters and editors who worked on this story.—
Hannah Allam,
ProPublica,
31 May 2025
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Wisely, the studio is keeping the story in the same universe by involving both Ralph Macchio’s Daniel LaRusso and Jackie Chan’s Mr. Han while starting a new story with Ben Wang’s Li Fong.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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