preemptive
Example Sentences
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Bank Indonesia expects inflation to stay within the 1.5%-3.5% target in 2026-2027 and will strengthen its preemptive monetary policy response while coordinating with the government to keep prices under control.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026
It was less an expression of empathy than a preemptive alibi.
From Salon • Dec. 16, 2025
Rescue work was suspended and preemptive evacuations began Saturday as Typhoon Fung-wong bore down on the Philippines, days after another storm killed at least 204 people.
From Barron's • Nov. 8, 2025
“But the preemptive strike in the whole thing was Mike and the walk, which was huge. He set the whole table for us.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2025
The next morning, as another thousand children between the ages of six and eighteen gathered at a church to march, Connor unleashed a furious preemptive strike.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
