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
Britain, or “England,” the word he almost always uses in his overheated tweets, is clearly a special case.
From Salon • Nov. 2, 2025
Salah's form and fitness makes him a special case, something FSG has readily acknowledged.
From BBC • Apr. 11, 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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