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preemption

[pree-emp-shuhn] / priˈɛmp ʃən /


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Over the six days between the show’s preemption and its return, celebrities and influencers posted instructions on how to cancel subscriptions to Disney’s streaming services.

From Salon • Sep. 26, 2025

Sinclair Broadcast Group is ending its preemption of ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2025

“EPA granted preemption waivers for California to tackle local problems like smog in the Los Angeles basin, where the pollution was both generated by and felt by Californians,” the fuel producers said in their appeal.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 13, 2024

But successful preemption efforts may be a lot harder to achieve than I and others imagined.

From Slate • Feb. 22, 2024

These settlement and preemption rights were almost inseparable, as the latter was dependent upon the former.

From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 3, 1918 by Various




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