precedent
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The lower courts would assume they still had to follow that precedent until it was overruled, rather than guess what a cryptic shadow docket order meant.
From Slate • Jun. 1, 2026
Just be clear you’re not setting a precedent, and see how much hassle it is selling her stuff, too.
From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026
There is a comic-book precedent for this version of the character, called simply the Spider, though research tells me that, costume and superpowers aside, he is different in nearly every respect.
From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2026
As legal precedent, Mr. Blanche points to the Obama Administration’s $680 million deal in Keepseagle v.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
There is another possible precedent: moralizing portraits, the descendants of pictures of St. Jerome, that show their subjects holding or pointing to skulls, much as Revere has the teapot in his hand.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
Vocabulary lists containing precedent
Power Prefix: pre-
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