special case

Example Sentences

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Rwanda’s tragic history makes it an “immensely special case,” Tony Blair, the former British prime minister, once said.

From New York Times

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

Gas taxes, which the initiative promoters also target, are a special case.

From Los Angeles Times

But “The Daily Show” is a special case because of how Stewart sculpted it to be not merely a satirical sorta newscast.

From Salon

A special case hearing on 31 January found he would have been dismissed if he had not already resigned.

From BBC