precedents
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Precedents no longer seem to matter these days, but let us turn the clocks back more than a half-century.
From Barron's • Dec. 5, 2025
Precedents become part of history only after they make history.
From Salon • Jul. 9, 2022
Precedents are found in the classical music world, Broadway theater companies and dance organizations where unionization has been a way to operate for decades.
From Washington Post • Nov. 3, 2021
The House also has relied on Cannon’s Book of Precedents, authored by the late Missouri Rep. Clarence Cannon, a Democrat.
From Fox News • Jul. 16, 2019
Pitt is to move to-day for the Committee of Precedents.
From Memoirs of the Court and Cabinets of George the Third From the Original Family Documents, Volume 2 by Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Plantagenet Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos Grenville, Duke of
