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case study
noun
a study of an individual unit, as a person, family, or social group, usually emphasizing developmental issues and relationships with the environment, especially in order to compare a larger group to the individual unit.
case study
noun
the act or an instance of analysing one or more particular cases or case histories with a view to making generalizations
Word History and Origins
Origin of case study1
Example Sentences
These two case studies are part of a growing field of research set on trying to understand which animals have the capacity to be musical, providing clues on how and why music evolved in humans.
Indeed it had, but it does still amount to a case study in a classic Brexit trade-off of making trade easier at the expense of handing over some power.
Emma Pinchbeck, the CCC's chief executive, told BBC news what had happened at Port Talbot was "foreseeable and preventable", and had "not been the best case study" for what a green transition should look like.
For a historian with an interest in the intersection of factors that propel an epidemic, 2020 offered a living case study.
For Mamdani, Bay Ridge, the site of his political epiphany, is a case study for expanding his support in places where the historical appetite for left-wing politics is limited.
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