in the case of

Idioms  

1. Regarding, in the matter of, in that instance. For example, In the case of James, they decided to promote him to the next grade. [Late 1300s] Also see in case, def. 2.

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in the case of

What about shared assets in the case of a major life event?

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

It also found staff had not been trained on how to isolate the oxygen supply in the case of an emergency.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

And, in the case of one counsel, “perfecting restaurant-quality scrambled eggs.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

But in the case of “It Ends,” the unconventional path to the silver screen is especially impressive.

From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026

Thus, in the case of the word ‘experiment’, linguistic change lags behind both theory and practice.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton