precedent
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Tehran appeared to have taken action to establish a precedent and send a political message, but not on a scale that would make escalation unavoidable.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
Another radical departure from precedent was the participation of Arthur Burns, the chair of the ostensibly independent Federal Reserve, in the crafting of Nixon’s shock therapy program.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
Referencing the applicant on whom that single precedent was based, Cameron notes that this is not how the system was designed.
From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026
This deal would do the opposite by weakening safeguards and overturning a valuable precedent.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
There just wasn’t precedent here, and there were just so many resources in the office.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
Vocabulary lists containing precedent
Power Prefix: pre-
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