basket case

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Recent Examples of basket case Credit Suisse has become a European banking basket case. Rochelle Toplensky, WSJ, 27 Apr. 2022 The village was literally a basket case, bereft of water, food and all hope. Steve West, Sun Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2022 Venezuela, another socialist basket case, slips to the second-most-miserable country in the world after six years in the pole position. Steve H. Hanke, National Review, 16 Mar. 2022 Today, a mere million dollars barely buys a Miura basket case. Robert Ross, Robb Report, 17 Jan. 2022 See All Example Sentences for basket case
Recent Examples of Synonyms for basket case
Noun
  • Another great performance in a go-for-broke horror flick about a woman well over the verge of a nervous breakdown.
    Amy Nicholson, Twin Cities, 1 Mar. 2025
  • Following the breakup, Claudel suffered a nervous breakdown and was committed for psychiatric treatment.
    Tessa Solomon for ARTnews, Robb Report, 19 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • In the film, Shear stars as Sam, a once-promising law student whose anxiety has slowly chipped away at his confidence in all areas of his life.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 7 Mar. 2025
  • One possibility is anxiety, which, according to Kaiser, feeds on avoidance.
    Melissa Willets, Parents, 7 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Additionally, homebuilders have sounded the alarm on how Trump’s tariff and immigration policies could have a negative effect on housing costs and supply.
    Alicia Wallace and Matt Stiles, CNN, 4 Mar. 2025
  • The mainstreaming of extremism has so far set off few alarm bells at many of the top Jewish organizations, at least publicly.
    Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 4 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Here’s the full breakdown: Neon – 5 A24 – 3 Netflix – 3 Universal – 2 Warner Bros. – 2 Disney’s Searchlight Pictures – 1 Universal’s Focus – 1 Mubi – 1 Sideshow/Janus – 1 See all the Oscar winners here and the red carpet looks here for the 97th Academy Awards.
    Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Here is a full breakdown of the Cognizant Classic payout.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025

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“Basket case.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/basket%20case. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.

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