preemptive
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"Preemptive, short-notice power shutoffs have to be coordinated with first responders, and in Lahaina, electricity powers some of the pumps that provide the water needed for firefighting," it said.
From Reuters • Aug. 18, 2023
Preemptive Forensic Health Solutions, the company that provided health services for the jail, never documented giving her antibiotics until the final day, after she was misdiagnosed with a urinary tract infection.
From Salon • Jan. 4, 2023
Preemptive or preventative war to disarm a nuclear adversary has been considered by American leaders many times before: by Eisenhower against the Soviet Union, by Johnson and Kennedy against Mao Zedong’s Red China.
From Time • Sep. 5, 2017
Preemptive policing though targeting low-level offenses is the hallmark of Bratton’s career.
From Salon • Dec. 5, 2013
Preemptive penance and absolution were doctrines researched and developed by the Consistorial Court, but not known to the wider Church.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
Vocabulary lists containing preemptive
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