precedent
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Anglesey council said changing rules would "set a dangerous precedent" for holiday homes approved around the island.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Ajay Pant, 38, in custody in Britain, has been charged with sanctions offences carrying a maximum 10-year prison sentence, in a case that could set a legal precedent for merchant seafarers.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
A $2-billion high-rise affordable housing complex is set to change the skyline of Warner Center and set a new precedent for assisted senior living in Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
There is historical precedent for a rapid rise in long-end rates signaling a top for stocks, according to the X account Oddstats.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
“The precedent that tipped it for me was not legal; it wasn’t a precedent of what was going on in other states. It was a scientific precedent,” he says.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
She went all-out, enthusiastically applying a maximalist interpretation of Supreme Court precedents.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026
And some of that line crossing could set dangerous precedents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
However, the IMF said oil prices didn’t rise as sharply as would have been expected based on those precedents, limiting the damage to the global economy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
"In the legal field, AI is used for research, finding precedents, and sometimes generating text," said Charlotin.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
It set the precedents, established in palpable fact what the Constitution had only outlined in purposely ambiguous theory, thereby opening up and closing off options for all the history that followed.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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