established practice
The usual way
Established practice refers to a way of doing something that has become standard through repeated use and general acceptance over time.
It suggests a method that has proven reliable enough to become conventional: Following established practice, the committee reviewed applications in order of submission.
The phrase often appears in professional, legal, or institutional contexts where precedent matters.
- customHabitual group practice
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- conventionAgreed standard of behavior
- routineRegular sequence of actions
- business as usualContinuation of normal routine
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- legal termstrial, legal, appeal, lawsuit, law
- legal precedentscase law, landmark ruling, judicial precedent, binding precedent, precedent setting
- precedentsruling, landmark case, case law, landmark cases, first impression
established practiceinnovation
Creating something original
new approach · experimentation · fresh start · uncharted territory · breaking new ground
established practiceparadigm shift
Wholesale replacement of frameworks
revolution · disruption · upheaval · overhaul · reform
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