create a precedent

Frequency: 8.319.1 per million words

To do something that establishes a new example or rule for the future.

precedentVERB + precedent

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Examples (10)

  • The court's ruling will create a precedent for future environmental cases.
  • We must be careful not to create a precedent that we might regret later.
  • This decision is likely to create a precedent for other companies to follow.
  • By allowing this exception, the manager feared he would create a precedent.
  • The new policy was designed to create a precedent for transparency in the industry.
  • Did the previous administration create a precedent for this kind of intervention?
  • Lawyers argued that the case did not create a legally binding precedent.
  • It is important to create a precedent of cooperation between the two nations.
  • They were hesitant to create a precedent by giving in to the demands.
  • The first successful trial helped create a precedent for future medical research.