preemptive
Example Sentences
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However, benign credit costs could provide support, as it has over MYR900 million of preemptive provisions.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026
Mark Taylor, former head of a Cambodia-based anti-trafficking NGO, said the "preemptive shifting of scam centre resources", including workers, equipment and managers, had been seen ahead of law enforcement sweeps.
From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026
It was less an expression of empathy than a preemptive alibi.
From Salon • Dec. 16, 2025
Because they roamed under the ocean’s surface, the subs were also undetectable and, therefore, less vulnerable than fixed land-based missiles to an enemy preemptive attack.
From Slate • Sep. 16, 2025
Hence these are typical examples of the phenomenon of preemptive domestication that we discussed above.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
