special case
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
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
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".
From BBC • Oct. 24, 2025
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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