precedent

Chow thinks Tenaga absorption of 120 million ringgit-150 million ringgit in fuel-adjustment charges to be a one-off cost, though the precedent could weigh on sentiment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

So precedent indicates that City's appeal will be considered and decided upon before punishments are declared.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Conservation advocates have nevertheless raised concerns about the environmental impact and precedent of staging a major professional sporting event inside a national park.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

That’s a precedent that is set up for spending.

From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2026

The precedent he was setting may have seemed uplifting in retrospect, but at the time the glaring and painful reality was that the United States without Washington was itself unprecedented.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

Mr. Mitchell also warns, without providing evidence of precedents, that disclosure could endanger dissidents or their families.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

The court’s precedents are creating an invisible tightrope very few plaintiffs can cross successfully.

From Slate ● Aug. 25, 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

“I don’t know what you’re talking about. Total accident. I forgot all about the fake finger. There are several precedents, I believe.”

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer