precedent
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There is a comic-book precedent for this version of the character, called simply the Spider, though research tells me that, costume and superpowers aside, he is different in nearly every respect.
From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2026
"I hope this will set a precedent for other people in Thailand to follow suit," he added.
From Barron's • May 25, 2026
It meant that going into this case there was no precedent, no hint at what a potential punishment could really be.
From BBC • May 20, 2026
Even The Atlantic chipped in, calling it a dangerous precedent.
From Salon • May 18, 2026
The mapping of the moon, beginning with van Langren in 1645, provided a crucial precedent for eponymic naming, helping to transfer it from geography to astronomy.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing precedent
Power Prefix: pre-
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