preemptive

As you may have surmised, the Columbia Compromise is a preemptive, non-negotiated capitulation in advance to MAGA-style tyranny, in hopes of maintaining a semblance of independence while fending off an all-out assault.

Raab’s boss was sold, and instructed her to “take the novel off the table” in a preemptive deal that would prevent other publishers from bidding.

“So I didn’t want to just kind of preemptively put him in there. I felt good with who we had.”

The president ignited a firestorm by preemptively blaming the left for Kirk’s killing before anyone knew who the shooter was.

Many flocked to field offices to preemptively provide proof of their identities even when they didn’t need to.