He pioneered the now-common practices of buying merchandise direct from manufacturers and fixing prices on items, rather than haggling.
They responded by pioneering the now-common practice of chartering ships overseas under a flag of convenience.
That's the now-common practice of a company estimating, within a small range, what its earnings-per-share are likely to be both quarterly and annually.
He contends in the work that Shakespeare "invented" humanity, in that he prescribed the now-common practice of "overhearing" ourselves, which drives our own internal psychological development.
No one is talking about a wholesale shift away from the now-common practice of selling singles online ahead of new albums.
Palmer was one of the first famous people to winter in Florida, beginning a now-common practice.
One clear result of the Clinton plan, regarding families, would be to end the now-common practice of overlapping coverage.
He pioneered the now-common practice of roving on the golf course and reporting from the fairways.
His most famous horse, Chris Spencer, ended a successful year lame as a 2-year-old, prompting Mr. Bostwick to use a now-common practice of swimming horses to train them.