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
GLP-1s are a special case: Patients are willing to pay cash and bypass insurance altogether.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026
Salah's form and fitness makes him a special case, something FSG has readily acknowledged.
From BBC • Apr. 11, 2025
Gas taxes, which the initiative promoters also target, are a special case.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 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
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