precedents

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These events stand out because they have no comparable dynamic precedents, highlighting how unusual current conditions have become.

From Science Daily • May 4, 2026

There are few precedents anywhere in the world, let alone in a democracy, of displaying sitting leaders' pictures in passports, and Trump would be the first sitting US president featured in Americans' travel documents.

From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026

At the time, precedents suggested such information was a business record of the phone carrier, not protected by the Fourth Amendment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

In the past, Thomas has objected to court precedents that prevented troops from suing the U.S. government for their injuries, including from medical practice.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

—Isaac Asimov in the tenth-anniversary issue of The Skeptical Inquirer To follow foolish precedents, and wink with both our eyes, is easier than to think.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos