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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

Yet the persecution of Pastor Jin and others must not be seen as a special case.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025

Though it is uncommon for the US government to directly support a single company, backing Intel could be a "special case" because the stakes are high for America's chipmaking edge, said tech analyst Austin Lyons.

From BBC • Aug. 15, 2025

The researchers refer to this unique combination of VR and robotics as "technodelics" for technology-induced altered states of consciousness, used in the present study for the special case of technology-induced hallucinations.

From Science Daily • Mar. 12, 2024

“You’re building a special case to display that diamond. Some kind of transparent safe.”

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr




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