How to Use test case in a Sentence

test case

noun
  • And nobody like to be the test case.
    — Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
  • The trades are the test case, not the whole story.
    — Renana Ashkenazi, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • His test case went to the Supreme Court.
    — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Dec. 2025
  • Math is a good test case because new ideas and proofs can be checked.
    — Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
  • These small stretches of roads are a test case for the county.
    — Alex Harris, miamiherald, 1 Feb. 2018
  • If not, at least this ought to have seemingly been a test case.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 5 June 2021
  • That case made its way through the courts, along with other test cases.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 27 Mar. 2018
  • Nobody, of course, wants to be the test case that could make that happen.
    — Diane Brady, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Ciattarelli is its clearest test case.
    — Nik Popli, Time, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Cruz chose the amount in order to exceed the limits for a test case.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 30 Sep. 2021
  • Image The uproar over the plane crash has emerged as a test case.
    — Anton Troianovski, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Australia remains the test case.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 19 June 2026
  • 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
  • Attorneys for the students took the case through the courts as a test case.
    — Jacques Kelly, baltimoresun.com, 12 Aug. 2021
  • Few experts believed the test case would succeed.
    — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Harm reduction is the strongest test case.
    — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 15 May 2026
  • This is what makes the Georgia runoff elections a perfect test case.
    — Jon Walker, TheWeek, 14 Dec. 2020
  • But the Dershowitz lawsuit may have been a less than ideal test case.
    — Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026
  • But Maine and Michigan are test cases.
    — ABC News, 28 June 2026
  • Gotham’s $5 ticket initiative is, in many ways, a unique test case.
    — Asli Pelit, New York Times, 6 May 2026
  • 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
  • Secret Project is the largest test case for the neighborhood as a new high-end nightlife hub.
    — Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2019
  • 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
  • And Michigan will be a test case in the future and Maine is the test case as well.
    — ABC News, 28 June 2026
  • On the ice, there could not have been a better test case for Berube’s system than Knies.
    — Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 3 May 2025
  • And the project will also be a test case of whether office-to-housing conversions can scale.
    — Gabriela Riccardi, Quartz, 23 May 2023
  • Oregon has become a national test case.
    — Louis Sigaud, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2026
  • The Federal Court battle is shaping up to be a unique test case.
    — Matthew Burgess, Fortune, 13 Nov. 2019
  • Italy is a good test case of how China has tried to build influence in Europe.
    — New York Times, 12 June 2021
  • 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

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