special case
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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SpaceX is proving to be a special case, though, with a top-10 U.S. stock market valuation right out of the gate.
From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026
GLP-1s are a special case: Patients are willing to pay cash and bypass insurance altogether.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026
Britain, or “England,” the word he almost always uses in his overheated tweets, is clearly a special case.
From Salon • Nov. 2, 2025
Though it is uncommon for the US government to directly support a single company, backing Intel could be a "special case" because the stakes are high for America's chipmaking edge, said tech analyst Austin Lyons.
From BBC • Aug. 15, 2025
Outside of Madge and Oma’s apartment building, I carefully take the earbuds out and put them into their special case in my other pocket.
From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari
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