preempting
Example Sentences
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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
Summit on Thursday had dropped a motion for preempting county ordinances, regulations which attorney Brett Koenecke wrote “have the intended or unintended effect of hampering projects like this one.”
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 11, 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
As women that means that we end up having to do not just the de-escalation, but emotional labor of preempting avoidance.
From Salon ● Apr. 2, 2023
I am referring, after all, to a series of very minor errors on my part and the course I am now pursuing is merely a means of preempting any 'problems' before one arises.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
