special case

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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

But Texas is a special case — and Talarico could prove a singular candidate.

From Salon • Mar. 9, 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

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

“Yes,” I said, “but that was a special case because it was a fortress rather than a mountain, anyway. The Austrians had been fortifying it for years.”

From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway