preempting
Example Sentences
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Unlike last year’s show, the 98th Academy Awards didn’t buck expectations with a moving musical performance to kick off the telecast, preempting the usual opening sketch and host’s monologue.
From Salon ● Mar. 16, 2026
CBS is giving its best effort to make the telecast successful, preempting its Sunday night stalwart “60 Minutes” so the Globes can benefit from a direct audience lead-in from the late-afternoon NFL game.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 5, 2024
Indeed, the U.S. government’s health authorities currently provide no official guidance or support for preempting this disastrous domino effect.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 3, 2023
One way it does that is by preempting state-level suits against a union for helping to organize a workplace.
From Slate ● Jun. 3, 2023
That was her way of preempting any complaints about my visit.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
