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preemptive

adjective as in preventive

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As reformers worked in January 1975 to draft legislation that would have changed Idaho from an elected coroner system to one headed by a state medical examiner, funeral home directors organized a preemptive strike.

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Growing up in a deeply Evangelical church, gratitude was often framed less as a virtue and more as a preemptive apology to an easily angered God.

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But not every judge presiding over a January 6 case believes the court should preemptively take pardons into account.

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Newsom’s preemptive strike signals the return of the hostile relationship between Democratic-controlled California and the Trump administration that was a hallmark of the Republican’s first term.

San Diego Gas & Electric has not reported any areas in its turf that may see preemptive power shutoffs.

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