precedent
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“I don’t know if there’s a precedent for it.”
From Slate • Jun. 25, 2026
I hope this is not a precedent for what happens in other chokepoints of commerce, but I don’t think we know the answer to that story yet.
From Barron's • Jun. 25, 2026
The Supreme Court could create a strong precedent in Bayer’s favor and reduce the attractiveness of taking the company to court for potential plaintiffs, they add.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 23, 2026
The notion of getting the government involved in loneliness has precedent in other nations.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 19, 2026
There was no precedent, he wrote, for a private organization to sue a state entity in his court.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
Vocabulary lists containing precedent
Power Prefix: pre-
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