as in nervous breakdown
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Recent Examples of basket case
Credit Suisse has become a European banking basket case.
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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
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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
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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
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Following the breakup, Claudel suffered a nervous breakdown and was committed for psychiatric treatment.—
Tessa Solomon for ARTnews,
Robb Report,
19 Feb. 2025
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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
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One possibility is anxiety, which, according to Kaiser, feeds on avoidance.—
Melissa Willets,
Parents,
7 Mar. 2025
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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
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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
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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
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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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