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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

But Texas is a special case — and Talarico could prove a singular candidate.

From Salon • Mar. 9, 2026

GLP-1s are a special case: Patients are willing to pay cash and bypass insurance altogether.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026

But as people who shared the experience of being “mocked and feared, blamed and banished, envied and imitated,” often allied, sometimes antagonists, theirs is a special case.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026

Two doctors and two nurses were in attendance—an unusual turnout for such a routine procedure, but this was a special case.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee