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Recent Examples of case study
The Las Vegas project, now well under way, is a case study of the regulatory climate Musk favors.
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Daniel Rothberg, ProPublica, 8 Jan. 2025
Co-author Kirti Rajagopalan, a Washington State biological systems engineer, described Washington as an ideal case study, especially since parts of the state endure hot summers.
—Sharon Udasin, The Hill, 6 Jan. 2025
That said, some case studies have suggested that laser therapy may help.
—Ars Technica, 10 Jan. 2025
Unfolding in an extraordinary series of raw, real-time police body camera videos,the family’s interactions with police provide a case study in how Florida’s dysfunctional mental health system serves as a revolving door that seldom leads to lasting help for people like Richard.
—Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
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Daniel Rothberg, ProPublica, 8 Jan. 2025
Co-author Kirti Rajagopalan, a Washington State biological systems engineer, described Washington as an ideal case study, especially since parts of the state endure hot summers.
—Sharon Udasin, The Hill, 6 Jan. 2025
That said, some case studies have suggested that laser therapy may help.
—Ars Technica, 10 Jan. 2025
Unfolding in an extraordinary series of raw, real-time police body camera videos,the family’s interactions with police provide a case study in how Florida’s dysfunctional mental health system serves as a revolving door that seldom leads to lasting help for people like Richard.
—Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for case study
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Governments face challenges in keeping records updated across all systems, ensuring citizens report changes accurately and promptly, and validating changes to ensure the updates are legitimate and not fraudulent.—
Brian Chidester,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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Benny the Butcher and Westside Gunn, musicians: The members of the hip-hop record label Griselda are both from Buffalo and spotted at multiple games throughout the season.—
Joseph Hernandez,
Kansas City Star,
23 Jan. 2025
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The other deputies were cleared of wrongdoing, the report shows.—
Julia Marnin,
Sacramento Bee,
24 Jan. 2025
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To dive into the numbers further, the county lost 74% of its low-cost housing stock between 2011 and 2023, the housing report adds.—
Desiree Mathurin,
Charlotte Observer,
24 Jan. 2025
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Betting in baseball is particularly shameful given the league’s history with the Black Sox (1919) and Pete Rose (1990) scandals and given that betting on games played by one’s own team can trigger a lifetime ban.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
24 Jan. 2025
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And if a patient has a history of anxiety, their provider will typically be even quicker to assume that physical symptoms are a recurrence, rather than a sign of something new.—
Angela Haupt,
TIME,
24 Jan. 2025
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The study asked 50 doctors, 26 of whom were attending physicians and 24 of whom were residents, to try to make six different diagnoses for medical conditions with the same case histories.—
Ben Kesslen,
Quartz,
18 Nov. 2024
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As of April 10, the only posts on it were screenshots of his mugshot and criminal case history.—
Bloomberg,
The Mercury News,
12 Apr. 2024
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Instead, Gracey rearranges the chronology, finding numbers that thematically match the events of his protagonist’s life.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
14 Jan. 2025
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Was the real-time format baked in from the get-go, and was that part of what excited you about a return to the genre? That calls into question all the various chronologies of this and all the different sort of iterations.—
Ryan Schwartz,
TVLine,
9 Jan. 2025
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Instead: find a dedicated journal or pad and start a recovery diary.—
Deborah Vankin,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Jan. 2025
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The campaigns come with a description explaining why residents are asking for donations, and many detail the small but irreplaceable possessions that the fires took: family photos and home videos, letters and manuscripts, rare books and childhood diaries.—
Lila Shroff,
The Atlantic,
17 Jan. 2025
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Larry Stern Westlake Village A story worth telling What an incredible accomplishment by the Rams, Cardinals, Vikings, and NFL in relocating the Rams-Vikings game from SoFi to Arizona on such short notice.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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Other news organizations such as the New York Times and Sky News had stories incorrectly summarized.—
David Phelan,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
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