as in nervous breakdown
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Recent Examples of basket case
Credit Suisse has become a European banking basket case.
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Rochelle Toplensky, WSJ, 27 Apr. 2022
The village was literally a basket case, bereft of water, food and all hope.
—Steve West, Sun Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2022
Venezuela, another socialist basket case, slips to the second-most-miserable country in the world after six years in the pole position.
—Steve H. Hanke, National Review, 16 Mar. 2022
Today, a mere million dollars barely buys a Miura basket case.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 17 Jan. 2022
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Rochelle Toplensky, WSJ, 27 Apr. 2022
The village was literally a basket case, bereft of water, food and all hope.
—Steve West, Sun Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2022
Venezuela, another socialist basket case, slips to the second-most-miserable country in the world after six years in the pole position.
—Steve H. Hanke, National Review, 16 Mar. 2022
Today, a mere million dollars barely buys a Miura basket case.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 17 Jan. 2022
See all Example Sentences for basket case
Recent Examples of Synonyms for basket case
Noun
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The film has a few major plot holes, mostly concerning the present-tense family meal where Lucas seems to be having a nervous breakdown.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
27 Jan. 2025
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Paterson beautifully depicts a man who’s quietly, and sometimes not so quietly, experiencing a nervous breakdown as the world around him grows stranger and more absurd.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
5 Dec. 2024
Noun
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The situation caused Campbell a lot of anxiety, but became a pivotal shift in her perspective.—
Kait Hanson,
Glamour,
18 Jan. 2025
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Then the widespread anxiety spurred by a wave of high-profile robberies and the deadly home-invasion of Jacqueline Avant.—
Gary Baum,
The Hollywood Reporter,
18 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Officials also raised alarms about the potential misuse of user data collected on the platform.—
Lilith Foster-Collins,
Newsweek,
27 Jan. 2025
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In another post, an LAFD fire captain, in an unofficial capacity, sounded the alarm on returning to burn areas too early.—
Alene Tchekmedyian,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Here’s a breakdown of the playoff overtime rules: A coin flip determines which team receives the opening kickoff.—
Austin Knoblauch,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Jan. 2025
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The genetic breakdown of the Natomas dogs now is not known.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacramento Bee,
27 Jan. 2025
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“Basket case.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/basket%20case. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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