established order
Example Sentences
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Six, five and four minutes on the clock and Hearts were winning the league, smashing to smithereens that established order; history-makers, epoch definers.
From BBC • May 16, 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
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
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
