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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
pre-empt .
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Examples
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Curb Your Enthusiasm (Sunday, 10/9c, HBO) Larry David clashes with Wanda Sykes (who "pre-empts Larry's training schedule," we're told), which is always good for a laugh.
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I dispise how baseball pre-empts so much tv (at least Football is fairly predictable on how long it will run).
World Series! So who are you rooting for? Yanks? Phils? 'Glee'? | EW.com 2009
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The White House says that recognising Palestinian statehood pre-empts a negotiated political settlement with Israel and therefore undermines the prospects for negotiations.
Palestinians braced for fresh setback in UN statehood bid 2011
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A key consideration for courts in deciding if federal law "pre-empts" state laws is whether the conduct is so "deeply rooted in local feeling and responsibility" that state autonomy should be respected.
Ken Blackwell: Obama's War on the Secret Ballot Ken Blackwell 2011
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Prime minister pre-empts Labour attack over expected drop in growth with address outlining investment programme
David Cameron lays out his vision for job creation in CBI speech Nicholas Watt 2010
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The White House says that recognising Palestinian statehood pre-empts a negotiated political settlement with Israel and therefore undermines the prospects for negotiations.
Palestinians braced for fresh setback in UN statehood bid 2011
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The Supreme Court blocked six states from suing power-plant operators over greenhouse-gas emissions, ruling Monday unanimously that pending federal regulation under the Clean Air Act pre-empts the case.
Court Blocks States' Greenhouse-Gas Suit Jess Bravin 2011
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In a telltale gesture that pre-empts the moment of parting we see later, she slowly withdraws her hand from Jerry's tender touch.
Betrayal - review 2011
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The Puritan poet pre-empts the entire field of English epic poetry in this work, and he suborns the motifs and tropes of Homer and Virgil, reversing the role of heroics to display the difference between Christian and Pagan themes.
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A key consideration for courts in deciding if federal law "pre-empts" state laws is whether the conduct is so "deeply rooted in local feeling and responsibility" that state autonomy should be respected.
Ken Blackwell: Obama's War on the Secret Ballot Ken Blackwell 2011
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