extreme case
Example Sentences
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Balanophora species represent an extreme case because they do not photosynthesize and instead draw nutrients from the roots of host plants.
From Science Daily • Dec. 14, 2025
He’s an extreme case of a phenomenon that has an official name: post-founder syndrome.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 29, 2025
Eli feels a strong connection to Noah, sometimes feeling what he feels, but as a man of science, he frames it as “some extreme case of transference-counter transference.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2024
That’s an extreme case, representing two people with high prescription drug costs — but it’s not outside the realm of possibility.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 4, 2024
“I was fighting an extreme case of powerlessness.”
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
