There is no modern precedent for a divorced or separated monarch.

Third edition, with corrections and additional modern precedents, by Anthony Highmore, 1814.

The cool, angular nature of the facade has an obvious modern precedent.

There is no real modern precedent to draw on in Congress, although there is among state legislatures.

And so far as Shakira could tell there was no modern precedent for the missile failing to explode on impact.

Legal scholars in Michigan said they knew of no modern precedent for a common-law felony prosecution.

But in just three weeks, her nomination has provoked a range of opposition that some scholars say may have no modern precedent.

The death rate has risen by 20 percent, an increase with no modern precedent.

Nor is there much modern precedent for the male singer as band leader.

But whether Mr. Hoffman is correct that this represents a "more modern precedent" seems questionable.