precedent
Example Sentences
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At the same time, she said the city should be cautious about creating legal precedent that could upend existing safeguards in L.A.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
Indeed, there is a long precedent for high-level dismissals during wartime.
From Salon • May 1, 2026
There is no historical precedent for a navy having this large a global impact, says Capital Alpha Partners analyst Byron Callan.
From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026
And Koepka’s path won’t be treated as a precedent if and when others seek to do the same.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
Commonly, the universe is naively imagined to follow human or animal precedent.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Vocabulary lists containing precedent
Power Prefix: pre-
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