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
  • When New York passed the law, it was seen by many as a test case for ways to rein in short-term rentals.
    — Amanda Hoover, WIRED, 5 Sep. 2024
  • Lurie said the project is a test case that could be replicated elsewhere in the Bay Area and around the state.
    — J.k. Dineen, SFChronicle.com, 21 Oct. 2020
  • 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
  • That case made its way through the courts, along with other test cases.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 27 Mar. 2018
  • 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
  • This test case got the benchmark up to a 76.1fps average.
    — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 16 Sep. 2020
  • Secret Project is the largest test case for the neighborhood as a new high-end nightlife hub.
    — Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2019
  • 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
  • One of those test cases is Brent Norwalk (Ben Koldyke).
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 3 Oct. 2019
  • The Quad’s vaccine initiative will be a test case here.
    — Dhruva Jaishankar, Foreign Affairs, 15 Apr. 2021
  • As a kind of test case, AMC has already opened 10 theaters in Europe.
    — CBS News, 10 June 2020
  • That’s why cookies and cream was the perfect test case for our search for a superlative ice cream.
    — Maura Judkis, Washington Post, 10 July 2019
  • The forum bar has now met its first successful test case.
    — Sean Gallagher, Ars Technica, 20 Mar. 2018
  • The Federal Court battle is shaping up to be a unique test case.
    — Matthew Burgess, Fortune, 13 Nov. 2019
  • 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
  • Texas test case could potentially provide a path to fans on a wider scale in 2021.
    — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 21 Oct. 2020
  • Maynard explained the number theory side of the story to him over lunch and gave him a test case to work with.
    — Jordana Cepelewicz, WIRED, 4 Aug. 2024
  • 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

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