textbook case

Frequency: 7.512.1 per million words

a perfect example of something, as if from a textbook

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Examples (10)

  • The patient's symptoms presented a textbook case of the flu.
  • His behavior is a textbook case of denial.
  • The company's collapse was a textbook case of mismanagement.
  • In her report, the sociologist described it as a textbook case of urban decay.
  • The way the team executed the plan was a textbook case of perfect coordination.
  • Honestly, their breakup was a textbook case of poor communication.
  • This political scandal is becoming a textbook case of how not to handle a crisis.
  • The rise and fall of the empire is considered a textbook case of overexpansion.
  • If you look at the evidence, you'll see it's a textbook case of corporate fraud.
  • The psychologist explained that the child's reaction was a textbook case of separation anxiety.