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The phrase "are precedent" is not correct in standard written English.
It is typically used in legal or formal contexts to refer to prior cases or decisions that serve as a guide for future cases.
Example: "The court's ruling in this case are precedent for similar cases that may arise in the future."
Alternatives: "set a precedent" or "serve as a precedent."
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are precedent
noun
An act in the past which may be used as an example to help decide the outcome of similar instances in the future.
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As James Madison recognized, obligations arising out of religious commitment are "precedent, both in order of time and degree of obligation, to the claims of Civil Society.
Time capsules are precedent, one participant noted.
Chaffetz seems to be referring to payments from the Secret Service when agents are housed on the property of their protectees, and Chaffetz seems to believe those contracts are precedent for Trump's arrangement with his hotel in Washington.
Kavanaugh, whom President Donald Trump nominated for the Supreme Court seat vacated by Justice Anthony Kennedy, has attempted to portray himself as believing that the abortion rights secured under Roe v. Wade and affirmed by Casey v. Planned Parenthood are precedent.
There are precedent cases of virus-mediated in vivo expression systems as functional assays of candidate genes in insects [ 26, 31].
Improvements in both tendon-to-bone insertion strength as well as promotion of tendon-to-bone healing are precedent in order to advance the success of rotator cuff repair strategies.
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