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preemptive
adjective as in preventive
Strong matches
Weak matches
- averting
- defensive
- discouraging
- diversionary
- protective
Example Sentences
However, they think that the regulator’s preemptive tightening of rules reduces risk of more significant restrictions later on, and still see housing credit growth accelerating to 8% on-year by the middle of 2026.
The government civil defence department said Sunday that nearly 1,200,000 people had been preemptively evacuated ahead of the approaching typhoon.
Rescue work was suspended and preemptive evacuations began Saturday as Typhoon Fung-wong bore down on the Philippines, days after another storm killed at least 204 people.
“But the preemptive strike in the whole thing was Mike and the walk, which was huge. He set the whole table for us.”
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.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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