recent precedent
collocation in Englishmeaningsofrecentandprecedent
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recent
adjective
uk/ˈriː.sənt/us/ˈriː.sənt/
happening or starting from a short ...
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precedent
noun
uk/ˈpres.ɪ.dənt/us/ˈpres.ə.dent/
an action, situation, or decision that has already happened and can be used as a reason why a similar action or decision should be performed ...
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(Definition ofrecentandprecedentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The only existing butrecentprecedentmust encourage consideration of that view.
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The mostrecentprecedentwas a simple change from 10 o'clock to 11 o'clock, or vice versa.
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I am glad there has been arecentprecedent.
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If you were to permit that, which is not at all at variance withrecentprecedent, it might facilitate discussion.
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I wish to call his attention to arecentprecedentin this matter.
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There is another more helpful and morerecentprecedent.
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I am following your advice and taking the mostrecentprecedentquoted.
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There is a fairlyrecentprecedentof a similar kind.
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There is norecentprecedentfor such an arrangement, but great care has been taken to preserve fiscal freedom.
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Let us begin with the mostrecentprecedent.
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There was arecentprecedent, when we were discussing some of the representations on railway privatisation.
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There is arecentprecedentfor this procedure.
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There is arecentprecedentfor this.
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There is another interestingrecentprecedent.
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I am simply following arecentprecedent.
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There are many recent precedents for such an occurrence.
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If there are no more recent precedents it is perhaps only because legislation of this kind has recently become necessary.
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There are recent precedents for that, in the form of windfall taxes.
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Looking at the legal framework and recent precedents, a mixed committee is a fair compromise.
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