How to Use preempt in a Sentence

preempt

verb
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  • The state law was preempted by a federal law.
  • The contract preempts lawsuits by the company's clients.
  • The President's speech preempted regular programming.
  • In the face of the unknown, will fear increase the tendency to preempt?
    — The Atlantic, 11 July 2019
  • It’s been several years because we got preempted by the pandemic, and then there was all the time at sea.
    — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Aug. 2024
  • As a consequence, workers’ comp tends to preempt lawsuits brought by injured employees against employers.
    — Michael McCann, SI.com, 17 June 2019
  • Sure enough, despite her attempt to preempt semantic criticism, such criticism quickly appeared.
    — Graeme McMillan, WIRED, 23 June 2019
  • To preempt such a move, Pomaro and his wife Federica enrolled Angela in a school that mostly serves the children of migrants.
    — Nina Dos Santos, CNN, 26 June 2019
  • Some states still have no bans in place, while others have preempted the bans, preventing local municipalities from regulating plastics.
    — Jennifer Calfas, WSJ, 22 June 2019
  • House Bill 228, signed into law last year, expanded state law preempting cities and local governments from passing more restrictive gun laws.
    — Jackie Borchardt, Cincinnati.com, 6 June 2019
  • Thus far, the rapidity and brutality of MBS’s seizure of power appear to have preempted open dissent.
    — Daniel Benjamin, The New York Review of Books, 30 May 2019
  • ISPs might now have a better case for preempting the New York law.
    — Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 26 Apr. 2024
  • An attempt to pass a bill in Congress that would preempt the state laws has also stalled.
    — Joe Nocera Bloomberg Opinion, Star Tribune, 22 June 2021
  • The claims, denied by Meghan, were made in 2018 and then revived to preempt the Oprah interview.
    — Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 8 Mar. 2021
  • In today’s deal, Wendy preempted with three spades as East, and South’s four hearts was passed out.
    — Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2024
  • Thursday’s rule change is an effort to preempt these laws and bring the NCAA’s own guidelines in line with state law.
    — Katie McInerney, BostonGlobe.com, 28 June 2021
  • In the replay, where West preempted with a cheesy weak two-bid, North-South reached the slam on momentum.
    — Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 28 July 2019
  • Central banks, as China has done, will preempt that role.
    — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 2021
  • If the cities do not submit a plan by September, the state can take over and preempt land use authority in one of the cities.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Apr. 2022
  • All the evidence of racist sentiment in the Jan. 6 crowd should have been enough to preempt Carlson’s whitewashing of the event.
    — Washington Post, 5 Mar. 2021
  • On this basis, FDA approval of a drug would appear to preempt any state action.
    — Joshua Cohen, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2024
  • On this basis, FDA approval of a drug would appear to preempt state action.
    — Joshua Cohen, Forbes, 2 June 2022
  • The stipulations laid out in the new tax credit today are supposed to preempt some of those risks.
    — Justine Calma, The Verge, 22 Dec. 2023
  • That benefit would be lost if the federal law can preempt state law.
    — Jennifer Haberkorn, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2022
  • Oreshkin’s missive wasn’t quick enough to preempt at least one outburst apropos of the weak ruble.
    — Joel Gehrke, Washington Examiner, 15 Aug. 2023
  • The restoration of the mansion preempts a 2025 celebration of Cézanne and his connection to Aix-en-Provence.
    — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Feb. 2024
  • The league and the owners were attempting to preempt any budding radicalism on the NBPA’s part.
    — Nathaniel Friedman, The New Republic, 1 Aug. 2020
  • Final bids are expected Sept. 6, but a deal could come earlier if any of the parties preempt the sales process, the people said.
    — Dallas News, 22 Aug. 2022
  • The only way to combat a true issue of availability is to preempt it.
    — Jens Gamperl, Forbes, 11 May 2021
  • The company has already sought to preempt some of these potential accusations.
    — Nicole Narea, Vox, 23 May 2024

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