Establish a precedent

Synonyms for "establish a precedent" (23 found)

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Closest matches (5)

Verb(5 words)
be a modelbenchmarkcreate a ruleestablish a guidelineestablish a standard

Strong matches (7)

Verb(7 words)
establishmentguidanceimplicationinfluenceinfluence practicelay down a rulemodel

Related words (11)

Verb(11 words)
precedent settingset a modelset a normset a patternset a precedentset a standardset an examplesettingstandardunanticipated effectunintended consequence

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

21 entries
actioncultural influenceestablish standardinfluencemake rulemodelnormnorm creationnorm developmentnorm settingpolicy actionpolicy effectpolicy formationpolicy outcomepolicy shapingpractice guidance

Showing 16 of 21 words.

More specific

18 entries
administrative precedentchilling effectcorporate precedentcultural precedenteducational precedentestablishing a precedentfollow on effectindustry precedentinstitutional precedentlegal precedentmoral precedentorganizational precedentpath dependencypolicy precedentpolicy rippleprecedent creation

Showing 16 of 18 words.

Collocations

12 entries
authoritative precedentbinding precedentcase precedentcreate a precedentestablish a standardestablished precedentlegal precedentpolicy precedentprecedent effectprecedent for future casesprecedent settingset a precedent

Inflections

4 entries
established a precedentestablishes a precedentestablishing a precedentprecedents

Derivations

7 entries

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