established order

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A newer, flashier toy posing a threat to the established order has been a running theme of the “Toy Story” franchise from the very beginning.

From Salon • Feb. 19, 2026

"There has always been this illusion of an established order in skating. But it's just an illusion," he said.

From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026

Of course they would love to have him back and readmitting Koepka would help the established order administer a painful retaliatory jab that could set up a potential knockout blow to the disrupting upstarts.

From BBC • Jan. 12, 2026

A republic too given to democracy, they thought, would allow big personalities to leverage the public’s irascibility against established order.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025

He hadn’t gone into exactly why, but the damn field threatened everything he had worked for all his life, it was holding a knife to the throat of the established order.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols