See precedent in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "Outlawing tobacco products probably wouldn't work because of the precedent of prohibition in the 1920s."
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"text": "* You are arguing that it's possible for people to catch diseases from animals, but there is no precedent for that."
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