- present tense form of case (3rd person singular).
cases
Example Sentences
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When it doesn’t match your wishes, the consequences can be devastating and, in many cases, irreversible.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
He is still haunted by cases where sellers could not be located, or the team arrived too late, finding the creatures either dead or so sickly they died soon after rescue.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
Don’t assume an update went through: As both the Lyon and Kleinfeldt cases show, a form submitted isn’t always a form completed.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
Mr. Mamdani’s team flogged a 2001 city memo that estimated the city could face 35,000 potential plaintiffs from “toxic tort cases that might arise in the next few decades.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
“Have I not given you everything a computer could want? Clean vents? Regular scans? Sparkly cases? Ugh. I can’t even look at you.”
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
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