Instance
Precedent
Precedent noun - An example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time.
Instance is a synonym for precedent in authoritative example topic. You can use "Instance" instead a noun "Precedent".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- occurrence and instance
- occurrence and precedent
- model and instance
- model and precedent
- advance and instance
- advance and precedent
- representative and instance
- representative and precedent
- type and instance
- type and precedent
- pattern and instance
- pattern and precedent
- occasion and instance
- occasion and precedent
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
- This one has some historic precedent — unstringed longbows, for instance, made pretty good quarterstaffs.
Source: Improbable Use of a Weapon -
He reminds the NTSB that this was a real-life event without precedent, and that it took him and Skiles 35 seconds to run through enough of the checklists (trying — and failing — to restart the engines, for instance) to realize the true nature of their situation.
Source: Film / Sully -
Original Cast Precedent: Sometimes played straight (Lupin's mustache and Lucius' long blond hair, for instance, are carried over from the films) and sometimes subverted (Neville is blond, as the book character is according to Word of God, rather than dark-haired like in the movies).
Source: Theatre / A Very Potter Musical
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