preempting
Example Sentences
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With Sabrina Carpenter hosting, the cast couldn’t pass up the chance to revive Marcello Hernandez‘s Domingo at the top of the show, preempting the standard spot for Donald Trump‘s shenanigans.
From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2025
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
But don’t lump it into a trend of “grief horror,” Savage pleads, preempting comparisons to the likes of Jennifer Kent’s 2014 “The Babadook.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 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
