precedent
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Its a continuation of the precedent they’ve set in terms of lyrical and sonic quality, but simultaneously is far more melancholic and synthesized than their previous work.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
"There's no real precedent for how a public company like Tesla gets priced in this," Sheehan said.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
But museum directors and security firms agree the Louvre breach set an ominous precedent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
So Truist looks beyond historical precedent to analyze how the market is likely to be affected from here by business-cycle dynamics, fundamental corporate indicators and market signals.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026
This was both a matter of personal pride and a crucial political precedent.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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Pillay’s career includes challenging apartheid in South Africa and serving on the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, where she helped establish legal precedents recognizing sexual violence as an act of genocide.
From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2026
Possible precedents flicker: Maya hieroglyphs, Buddhist mandalas, Hiberno-Saxon manuscripts, Bosch, Gauguin, feathered Trinidadian carnival masks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Jackson flags this exact relationship in her dissent, as the court’s new ruling Monday “lets another shoe drop in the Kafkaesque nightmare that our precedents have been steadily creating for certain plaintiffs.”
From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2026
And some of that line crossing could set dangerous precedents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
Searching for precedents, the foresters could remember other scourges of spider mites, though less dramatic than this one.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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