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key case

American  

noun

  1. a small case in which keys are carried.


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The government has also registered an appeal in another key case.

From BBC • Jan. 25, 2026

“That is a key case in that line of cases, and the fact he was not aware of it is extraordinary,” Goitein said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2025

District Judge Dana Sabraw, who oversaw the key case challenging the zero-tolerance policy and family separations in 2018, will have final say on the settlement.

From Washington Times • Oct. 16, 2023

Many music experts doubted that there was any significant musical similarity between the two songs, and still point to Three Boys as a key case where a jury got it wrong.

From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2023

The key case is the chief justice’s 2006 opinion in the 8–0 decision Rumsfeld v.

From Slate • Nov. 8, 2017

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