test case
noun
1
: a representative case whose outcome is likely to serve as a precedent
2
: a proceeding brought by agreement or on an understanding of the parties to obtain a decision as to the constitutionality of a statute
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The company's twelve-month commercial deployment timeline will serve as a crucial test case for the entire industry.
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Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
Yolanda exposed other vulnerabilities that have made the Philippines a test case of disaster response.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 5 June 2025
What happened with the California rule should be thought of as something of a test case for what’s coming this summer as Republicans take the plunge on the reconciliation package that landed in the Senate’s lap this month after the House produced its version.
—Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 30 May 2025
His incarceration has become a test case for British diplomacy in Egypt—a test that Britain has largely failed.
—Sam Knight, New Yorker, 23 May 2025
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Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
Yolanda exposed other vulnerabilities that have made the Philippines a test case of disaster response.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 5 June 2025
What happened with the California rule should be thought of as something of a test case for what’s coming this summer as Republicans take the plunge on the reconciliation package that landed in the Senate’s lap this month after the House produced its version.
—Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 30 May 2025
His incarceration has become a test case for British diplomacy in Egypt—a test that Britain has largely failed.
—Sam Knight, New Yorker, 23 May 2025
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“Test case.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/test%20case. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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