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

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

That approach, which often amounts to grabbing large sums of suspicious-seeming crypto without knowing who currently controls it, is being challenged in the case of the government’s $225 million seizure.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

All the reshuffling is enough to leave an onlooker shook — or, in the case of the New Orleans Saints, Shough.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

“In my case, and in the case of some other women, it takes a lot of years even to question your conditioning,” she told Mother Jones magazine in a 1995 interview.

From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2026

“I understood you to say earlier that no gill-netter would board another’s boat except in the case of an emergency. Is this correct, sir? Did I hear you right?”

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson