precedent

Court of Appeals upheld the lower court’s ruling, setting a legal precedent.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

It added: "Approving the proposal without the necessary supporting information would have gone against the planning policy framework and could have set a precedent for similar applications elsewhere on the island."

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

Carl Tobias, a University of Richmond law professor, said he isn’t sure what’s next, but noted that “the precedent is mounting, it seems to me, in ways that seem to reject the first assistant workaround.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

There is historical precedent for a rapid rise in long-end rates signaling a top for stocks, according to the X account Oddstats.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026

Mrs. Gascoyne said they didn’t want to treat me differently from everyone else in the school because then everyone would want to be treated differently and it would set a precedent.

From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon

She went all-out, enthusiastically applying a maximalist interpretation of Supreme Court precedents.

From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026

And some of that line crossing could set dangerous precedents.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

“The scale and pace of the current AI investment boom accompanied by expectations of large productivity payoffs bear resemblance to these precedents, highlighting potential downside risks in the near term.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026

"In the legal field, AI is used for research, finding precedents, and sometimes generating text," said Charlotin.

From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026

And in fact, there are precedents for such a case, including one in which a woman successfully had her father’s DNA removed from a database in Iceland.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot