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
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
The researchers refer to this unique combination of VR and robotics as "technodelics" for technology-induced altered states of consciousness, used in the present study for the special case of technology-induced hallucinations.
From Science Daily • Mar. 12, 2024
Two doctors and two nurses were in attendance—an unusual turnout for such a routine procedure, but this was a special case.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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