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

The weight-loss market is a special case shaped by conditions that don’t exist elsewhere in the drug industry, not least of which is the mass appeal of the product.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 2026

But as people who shared the experience of being “mocked and feared, blamed and banished, envied and imitated,” often allied, sometimes antagonists, theirs is a special case.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 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

“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