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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

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026

Britain, or “England,” the word he almost always uses in his overheated tweets, is clearly a special case.

From Salon • Nov. 2, 2025

Reagan says some companies had been "engaging in unfair trade practices" and going against an agreement with the US - and that this was therefore a "special case".

From BBC • Oct. 24, 2025

Outside of Madge and Oma’s apartment building, I carefully take the earbuds out and put them into their special case in my other pocket.

From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari