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precedents

noun as in authoritative example

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A military veteran who served with a medical unit in Iraq, Gabbard has set a number of political precedents in her career.

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While the historical precedents aren’t the real story, they are striking enough.

But precedents are there to be broken and frequently have been in recent years.

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And precedents are there to be broken – as recent British political history attests to.

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For example, the authoritarian tactics currently deployed by Trump have historical precedents both in the US and in early 20th century Europe.

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