preemptive
Example Sentences
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It was less an expression of empathy than a preemptive alibi.
From Salon • Dec. 16, 2025
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.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025
The neighbouring provinces of Sorsogon and Albay also called for preemptive evacuations, but official figures were not immediately available.
From Barron's • Oct. 18, 2025
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.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2025
A subtler expression of this geographically varying ease of spread is the phenomenon termed preemptive domestication.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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