premeditate
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But defense attorney Tom Jacquinot said in his opening statement that the evidence will show Vrba did not premeditate to kill Steinfeld, who was his friend.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 3, 2020
Derek was into discovering things that you couldn’t premeditate.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2020
"At no time did I premeditate interfering with anyone," said Maragh, whose mount finished last in the field of 12.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 13, 2011
When I decide to make a movie, I don't premeditate it.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 23, 2011
V. predestine, preordain, predetermine, premeditate, resolve, concert; resolve beforehand, predesignate.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark
The events of that night have been long a subject of heated debate in South Korea, particularly over whether the murder was premeditated.
From Barron's ● Jan. 16, 2026
Although Duke Béla's assassination in November 1272 appears to have been partly or wholly premeditated, the manner of the killing indicates that it was not carried out calmly.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2025
Detective Constable Lauren Speight described Lipscombe as "calculating, premeditated, and well-organised".
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2025
The prosecutor’s office added that early investigations indicated the attacks on government property were premeditated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2025
Indeed, one of the most disarming features of the Burr version—a feature that enhances its overall credibility—is that it made Burr’s shot a more deliberate and premeditated act.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
No, say the four defense psychologists and psychiatrists who have examined Sirhan; as a paranoid schizophrenic, Sirhan was, in effect, incapable of fully premeditating his deed or weighing its risks.
From Time Magazine Archive
He is smart enough to possibly be given credit for premeditating this eremitic media strategy; he is also obstreperous enough simply to hate having his privacy invaded.
From Time Magazine Archive
The deadly, premeditated dullness of financial ads last week brought scornful shouts from two premeditating wits.
From Time Magazine Archive
As soon as he had gone Clara and her mother began talking over the affair, premeditating what they should do with the child.
From The Black-Sealed Letter Or, The Misfortunes of a Canadian Cockney. by Spedon, Andrew Learmont
You will see that we have anticipated his impromptu observations by carefully premeditating our impromptu reply.
From Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z by Various
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