special case
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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"But this turned into a special case that required focused efforts and expertise of several different individuals. This was a complex mystery that required morphological, genetic, deep-sea and bioinformatics expertise to solve."
From Science Daily ● Apr. 27, 2026
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
Yet the persecution of Pastor Jin and others must not be seen as a special case.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025
Britain, or “England,” the word he almost always uses in his overheated tweets, is clearly a special case.
From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2025
What eludes me is the reason for his regression—is it a special case?
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
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