established order
Example Sentences
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Manchester City, once seen as the noisy neighbor dwarfed by Manchester United, had combined financial might with tactical brilliance to turn the established order on its head.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
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
All season long there's been questions asked of them and their capacity to keep going, to keep threatening to rip up the established order of things in Scotland.
From BBC ● Jan. 25, 2026
Just as in Iraq after Saddam Hussein’s downfall, or as in Russia in the first days after the revolution, the evaporation of an established order left a power vacuum.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
