precedent

There is no precedent that Oxford Street can copy.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

"This is not a precedent on one hand, but on the other it provides a learning for the development of the long-term model of the fund," the European Union's Jan Dusik said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

He found precedent in paintings where bloodshed is latent or occurs just beyond the frame.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

As Justice Elena Kagan noted, one way to keep this area of law consistent is for the court to follow its own precedent, in a case called Kisor v.

From Slate ● Oct. 18, 2026

Mrs. Gascoyne said they didn’t want to treat me differently from everyone else in the school because then everyone would want to be treated differently and it would set a precedent.

From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon

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

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

From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2026

Buying while an outbreak is still in the headlines sounds about as foolhardy as picking up some discounted lettuce at the supermarket, yet there are profitable precedents.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

And some of that line crossing could set dangerous precedents.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

And in fact, there are precedents for such a case, including one in which a woman successfully had her father’s DNA removed from a database in Iceland.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot