established order
Example Sentences
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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
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
Newcastle have their own tradition, of course, but they encountered a challenge going up against the established order for such players in the opening months of the window.
From BBC • Sep. 2, 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
