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special case
noun as in diplomatic immunity
noun as in grandfather clause
Weak matches
Example Sentences
Yet the persecution of Pastor Jin and others must not be seen as a special case.
Britain, or “England,” the word he almost always uses in his overheated tweets, is clearly a special case.
Reagan says some companies had been "engaging in unfair trade practices" and going against an agreement with the US - and that this was therefore a "special case".
A special case review audit found that when the patient's mother said he was not responding, it would have been appropriate for the emergency medical dispatcher to clarify if the patient was awake, which could have triggered a different response.
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.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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