peremptorily

Example Sentences

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Prosecutors peremptorily strike those whom they believe are likely to acquit.

From Slate • Aug. 4, 2022

“After waiting over eight months to file this action, plaintiffs have invented a faux emergency as an excuse to peremptorily seek a preliminary injunction,” he wrote in a legal brief.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 11, 2021

The department has found that good applicants are too hard to find, and it must be willing to talk with people who would have been peremptorily rejected in the past.

From Washington Times • Mar. 30, 2018

Statistics that had earlier seemed so definitive are translated peremptorily into flesh, and flesh is heir to miseries” he writes.

From New York Times • May 3, 2013

Before Ranofer had time to wonder what he meant he beckoned peremptorily.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw