How to Use test case in a Sentence

test case

noun
Definition of test casenext
  • These early weeks will be a test case for the new rules — some of the strictest in the country.
    — Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2021
  • One of my best friends turned out to be a perfect test case.
    — Star Tribune, 2 July 2021
  • Attorneys for the students took the case through the courts as a test case.
    — Jacques Kelly, baltimoresun.com, 12 Aug. 2021
  • Cruz chose the amount in order to exceed the limits for a test case.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 30 Sep. 2021
  • If not, at least this ought to have seemingly been a test case.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 5 June 2021
  • The Point of Rocks project could be a test case for the city in terms of how such projects are planned and how buyers respond.
    — Brooks Johnson, Star Tribune, 17 July 2021
  • One place to look for a test case might be Manchester City.
    — Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 7 Dec. 2022
  • Now, it’s become a test case for how a startup should grow.
    — WSJ, 31 Aug. 2023
  • By the fall of 1996, Colorado, the first state where parental rights were on the ballot, was seen as a make-or-break test case for the movement.
    — Jennifer C. Berkshire, The New Republic, 9 Dec. 2021
  • Eventually, in Seeger, a test case reached the Supreme Court.
    — Charles McCrary, The New Republic, 27 Sep. 2021
  • This is what makes the Georgia runoff elections a perfect test case.
    — Jon Walker, TheWeek, 14 Dec. 2020
  • And the project will also be a test case of whether office-to-housing conversions can scale.
    — Gabriela Riccardi, Quartz, 23 May 2023
  • Italy is a good test case of how China has tried to build influence in Europe.
    — New York Times, 12 June 2021
  • But while Trump scorned Baltimore, Biden sees a test case for his agenda that goes beyond the ports.
    — Josh Boak, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Nov. 2021
  • The first test case of this legislation is expected to be heard in Ohio in the coming weeks.
    — Matt Leach, Fox News, 8 June 2021
  • But this spring’s back-to-school season has become something of a test case for how that future might look.
    — Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2021
  • Scopes challenged the law deliberately, as part of an effort by the A.C.L.U. to bring a test case to court.
    — Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2022
  • The Illumina-Grail merger is a test case for the new approach.
    — Steve Lohr, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2022
  • The Covid-19 pandemic is a test case for this principle.
    — Alison Gopnik, WSJ, 11 Dec. 2020
  • Dune could still be a new test case for the new normal in terms of multi-platform franchise building.
    — Scott Mendelson, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2021
  • Determine the evidence and the test case for each control.
    — Craig Unger, Forbes, 2 June 2022
  • This was a perfect test case because someone might use a prosthesis for 14 to 16 hours a day.
    — Gary Stix, Scientific American, 19 May 2021
  • Each test case should be broken down into a sequence of succinct steps.
    — Margarita Simonova, Forbes, 7 July 2022
  • This makes Huarong the ultimate test case of Xiconomics.
    — William Pesek, Forbes, 25 May 2021
  • Because the opposite is true in Britain, scientists say the country is a unique test case.
    — Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2021
  • Using the city of Sydney as its test case, this six-episode show explores what happens once the last medal has been awarded and the crowds have dispersed.
    — New York Times, 20 July 2021
  • The group of more than 50 considered whether an appeal to overturn her conviction could be a test case.
    — David A. Taylor, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2021
  • The fast rollout of the drug has once again made Israel a test case, a role the country has played several times during the pandemic.
    — Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2022
  • In test case between state climate goals and freeway expansions, new lanes win.
    — Defne Karabatur, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2024
  • Japan is the world’s great test case for an aging population, having had low birth rates and negligible immigration for decades.
    — Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 29 May 2024

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