How to Use classic case in a Sentence
classic case
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This is the classic case of when life gives you lemons, make your ex eat it.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 12 July 2023
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The reason for this abrupt change remains a mystery, a classic case of a bride being, well, a bride.
—Ruhama Wolle, Glamour, 12 Sep. 2023
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Then there’s the classic case of the franchise that won the opening game of this year’s playoffs on Saturday.
—Mike Finger, San Antonio Express-News, 15 Apr. 2023
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Discovered at a Charteuse and Co. barn sale in Maryland, the kitchen’s 27-drawer workbench was a classic case right out of Goldilocks.
—Shaila Wunderlich, Country Living, 21 Feb. 2023
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Home Alone’s depiction of the relationship between Kevin and his mom is the classic case.
—Gregory M. Collins, National Review, 27 Dec. 2023
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Or is this a classic case of buyer’s remorse revealing our naiveté?
—Pat Kapowich, The Mercury News, 6 Jan. 2024
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This feels a lot like the classic case of pitting one set of correlations against another.
—Michael B. Horn, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
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That’s caused some investors to come down with a classic case of fear-of-missing-out, says Saira Malik, chief investment officer at Nuveen.
—Krystal Hur, CNN, 21 Sep. 2023
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Interior, Comfort, and Cargo The Tiguan's interior space is a classic case of give and take.
—Andrew Wendler, Car and Driver, 21 Aug. 2023
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The Covid employee retention tax credit is turning into a classic case of government waste and fraud.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 27 Dec. 2023
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In Kendall’s case, those endeavors have often seemed border-line delusional, the classic case of someone born on third base who’s convinced he’s hit a triple, in a way that’s alternately delicious and cringe-worthy.
—Brian Lowry, CNN, 22 Mar. 2023
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The classic case was late nineteenth-century Germany, which had a very strong rule of law, a lot of individual freedom, but no democratic accountability.
—Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 5 Jan. 2023
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These minimum-wage compacts are a classic case of policy myopia — choosing popular sentiment over practical sustainability.
—Patrick M. Brenner, National Review, 2 Feb. 2024
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