special case
Example Sentences
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"But this turned into a special case that required focused efforts and expertise of several different individuals. This was a complex mystery that required morphological, genetic, deep-sea and bioinformatics expertise to solve."
From Science Daily • Apr. 27, 2026
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
Outside of Madge and Oma’s apartment building, I carefully take the earbuds out and put them into their special case in my other pocket.
From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari
