premeditated
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City Mayor Massimo Mezzeti added that it would be "even more serious" if it turned out to be a premeditated attack.
From BBC • May 16, 2026
The events of that night have been long a subject of heated debate in South Korea, particularly over whether the murder was premeditated.
From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026
Unlike the deliberate, premeditated approach of human engineers, the natural process for generating life has no preconceived plan.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025
Although Duke Béla's assassination in November 1272 appears to have been partly or wholly premeditated, the manner of the killing indicates that it was not carried out calmly.
From Science Daily • Nov. 14, 2025
This was very intentional, very premeditated, and I over-thought the whole thing.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
Vocabulary lists containing premeditated
Power Prefix: pre-
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Twelve Angry Men
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Franklin D. Roosevelt, "A Date That Will Live In Infamy" (1941)
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