Precedent and Use

Precedent

Precedent noun - An example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time.

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Use and precedent are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Use" instead a noun "Precedent".

Use noun - The act or practice of employing something for a particular purpose.

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Precedent and use are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Precedent" instead a noun "Use".

Nearby Words: useless, useful, used, usefulness, using

human	human precedent	human use
good	good precedent	good use
similar	similar precedent	similar use
original	original precedent	original use
Other adjectives: obvious, actual, real, great, little, new, early, general, possible, military.

Even worse, you set a possible precedent for the liberal (read: reckless) use of nuclear weapons by anyone who possesses them.

Source: Video Game / Shadow President
Parodied in "200" - when one of the leads for Wormhole Extreme looks like he could be an Absentee Actor, the SG-1 crew suggests they write his character as turning invisible - and use fake flashbacks of this happening to O'Neill to set the precedent.

Source: Written-In Absence
Later, Amadiro tries to use it to argue that Earthmen aren't human... only to be told that Solaria sets a bad precedent.

Source: Literature / Robots and Empire

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