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  • adjective computing Capable of being preempted.

Etymologies

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preempt +‎ -able

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Examples

  • Now, where we have to drop rate to move space, we are doing it on a short-term preemptable basis, just like we did very effectively after 9 / 11.

    SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page 2008

  • Now as we continue to monitor the situation and we move into '09, there may be some isolated customers for whom we make pricing concessions on a short-term preemptable basis.

    SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page 2008

  • Now as we continue to monitor the situation and we move into '09, there may be some isolated customers for whom we make pricing concessions on a short-term preemptable basis.

    SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page 2008

  • Now, where we have to drop rate to move space, we are doing it on a short-term preemptable basis, just like we did very effectively after 9 / 11.

    SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page 2008

  • In 2001, when the world stood still in the third and fourth quarter after 9 / 11, we adopted short-term preemptable pricing for those customers that we had to help out with lower rates to move space.

    SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page 2008

  • Now as we continue to monitor the situation and we move into '09, there may be some isolated customers for whom we make pricing concessions on a short-term preemptable basis.

    SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page 2008

  • In 2001, when the world stood still in the third and fourth quarter after 9 / 11, we adopted short-term preemptable pricing for those customers that we had to help out with lower rates to move space.

    SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page 2008

  • Now, where we have to drop rate to move space, we are doing it on a short-term preemptable basis, just like we did very effectively after 9 / 11.

    SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page 2008

  • In 2001, when the world stood still in the third and fourth quarter after 9 / 11, we adopted short-term preemptable pricing for those customers that we had to help out with lower rates to move space.

    SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page 2008

  • Senator Torricelli has a bill that would require stations to provide the lowest possible rate for TV ads, not preemptable.

    CNN Transcript - Special Event: Fleischer Briefs Press; Bush May Reject Invite to China - March 15, 2001 2001

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