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special case



NOUN
grandfather clause
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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

Britain, or “England,” the word he almost always uses in his overheated tweets, is clearly a special case.

From Salon • Nov. 2, 2025

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

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2024

I took the prized calculator out of its special case.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell