2. Verb. (present participle of preëmpt) ¹
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Definition of Preempting
1. preempt [v] - See also: preempt
Lexicographical Neighbors of Preempting
Literary usage of Preempting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the Pilgrims and Puritans: Their Ancestry and Descendants; Basis by Joseph Dillaway Sawyer (1922)
"127 The Black Sheep 128 Youth Had Its Full Day in Pilgrim Times 129 Pilgrim Homes
129 CHAPTER III TRADING — FISHING — WHALING — FRUITS — preempting SITE OF ..."
2. Medical Records Confidentiality in a Changing Health Care Environment edited by James M. Jeffords (1999)
"THE NEED FOR UNIFORMITY Congress will create a high level of uniformity simply
by preempting weaker state laws. Passage of any of the proposed Senate bills ..."
3. Together We Can: A Guide for Crafting a Profamily System of Education and by Atelia I. Melaville (1993)
"And without preempting or mandating, as you suggested in your talk, and using
the word you used, encourage, how do we get the mentality up here to ..."
4. Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Appropriation Bill, 1922 by United States Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations (1921)
"Senator, this is the essence of the whole matter: Great Britain is going in and
is preempting the Russian markets. Senator SMOOT. I know it. Senator FRANCE. ..."
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