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Recent Examples of case study
Christine found a handful of recent case studies that documented drastic psychiatric recoveries after people were treated with drugs that dampen immune activity.
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Rachel Aviv, New Yorker, 21 July 2025
The discussion, however, part of Talarico’s Advanced Problem Solving course at Purdue Northwest, was but a small part of a complete case study on reproductive care.
—Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2025
Their findings, published in the 2024 Harvard Business Review article Retirement Without Regrets, present contrasting case studies, map common phases of retirement transition, and highlight behavioral frameworks retirees have used to increase their retirement success.
—Wes Moss, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025
Obviously, it’s also been a case study in what not to do.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 16 July 2025
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Rachel Aviv, New Yorker, 21 July 2025
The discussion, however, part of Talarico’s Advanced Problem Solving course at Purdue Northwest, was but a small part of a complete case study on reproductive care.
—Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2025
Their findings, published in the 2024 Harvard Business Review article Retirement Without Regrets, present contrasting case studies, map common phases of retirement transition, and highlight behavioral frameworks retirees have used to increase their retirement success.
—Wes Moss, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025
Obviously, it’s also been a case study in what not to do.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 16 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for case study
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In some instances, the records state, Milton broke windows and even took as much as $1,700 worth of alcohol in a single burglary.—
Quinlan Bentley,
The Enquirer,
3 Aug. 2025
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Three projects have already received approval from City Hall staff, records show.—
Susannah Bryan,
Sun Sentinel,
3 Aug. 2025
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Among those reports, according to the FTC, Customs and Board Protection imposters ranked as the fourth most common with 3,466 reports in the first four months of 2025.—
Susan Tompor,
Freep.com,
24 July 2025
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The comments from Van Orden, a swing district Republican, came after Trump this week accused Obama of treason following a report from Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard that attempted to undercut a years-old, bipartisan assessment that Russia wanted Trump to win the 2016 election.—
Lawrence Andrea,
jsonline.com,
24 July 2025
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Antonia Drew Norton, founder and executive director of Asha Family Services, said the child's homicide was directly tied to the family's history of domestic violence and abuse, as documented in public records.—
Ashley Luthern,
jsonline.com,
24 July 2025
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Their enduring popularity speaks not only to the timelessness of their music but also to their profound role in shaping and preserving cultural identity, especially in the most contentious moments in Latin American history.—
Thania Garcia,
Variety,
23 July 2025
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Researchers who want to do something similar to this mini-experiment will likely need to come up with entirely new and unseen case histories.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
18 July 2025
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But if Charity’s case history imposes some order and fixity on Eugene’s life, the rest of The Knockout Artist reads like an attempt to thwart this, to replace the tidiness of explanation with something more formless and free.—
Charlie Lee,
Harpers Magazine,
18 June 2025
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Indeed, the narrator’s desire for proximity to her mother forms the connective tissue stitching together the chronology of her childhood.—
Rachel Vorona Cote,
The Atlantic,
15 July 2025
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One of my biggest criticisms of HBO’s adaptation of The Last Of Us Part II, which is being adapted into multiple seasons of TV, is the way the show bungled the chronology.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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Northumberland was a 70-gun warship built in Bristol, England in 1679 as part of the transformation of the English navy under Samuel Pepys – now best-known for his diaries – from a corrupt institution to a fighting force to be reckoned with.—
Lianne Kolirin,
CNN Money,
30 July 2025
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The outlet also revealed that Harry sharing his diary would potentially spark conversations about when father and son can meet in person again.—
Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa,
FOXNews.com,
30 July 2025
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Little Dream's cake also featured some butterfly detailing, as seen on Khloé's story.—
Jen Juneau,
People.com,
29 July 2025
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Get a weekly round up of the top tech stories from around the world in your inbox every Friday.—
Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
15 July 2025
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“Case study.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/case%20study. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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