set a precedent(to establish a pattern, to set a policy that must be followed in future cases: The legal case set a precedent that will be followed for many years in the future. ICC Alexander Demidov)
be endemic(And a former Rosatom employee who approached The Moscow Times claimed that such corner-cutting was endemic throughout the nuclear complex and that a serious nuclear disaster as a result was a real possibility.themoscowtimes.com)
be systemic(Particularly revealing is a Levada Center poll taken among college-educated Russians that found 48 percent sometimes think about leaving the country. The poll, conducted in May 2008, months before the financial crisis hit, shows that disenchantment with Putin's Russia is systemic and runs much deeper than cyclical economic crises.vedomosti.ru)
