How to Use preemption in a Sentence

preemption

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  • But federal preemption jumped sharply in the 1970s and again over the past decade.
    — Mallory E. Sorelle and Alexis N. Walker, Washington Post, 23 June 2017
  • Thomson was quick to add that not all preemption is bad.
    — Bill Laitner, Detroit Free Press, 7 Sep. 2021
  • Ohio's local gun law preemption has been upheld in the courts.
    — Jackie Borchardt, Cincinnati.com, 6 June 2019
  • Some of the industry’s biggest wins have been the passage of preemption laws.
    — Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 1 Feb. 2020
  • The preemption Adamson is referring to is what is known as the plastic bag ban ban.
    — Sarah Bowman, Indianapolis Star, 24 June 2018
  • Almost half of states in the US 24 states do have tobacco preemption laws.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 6 Jan. 2023
  • At the same time, the court acknowledged two areas where this preemption did not apply.
    — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 10 Jan. 2023
  • Arizona's 2020 law -- the first natural gas preemption law of its kind -- was a harbinger of what was to come.
    — Ella Nilsen, CNN, 17 Feb. 2022
  • The outcome of that case could affect any future appeals of Pai's new preemption plan.
    — Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 15 July 2019
  • But appeals-court Judge Gerald Tjoflat wrote a 226-page dissent on the preemption and due-process issues.
    — Jim Saunders, OrlandoSentinel.com, 19 May 2017
  • The city will also lose $9 million in revenues the next fiscal year due to other state preemption laws.
    — Hayat Norimine, Dallas News, 13 Aug. 2019
  • State attorneys general have vowed to sue the FCC to stop the repeal order and state preemption.
    — Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 4 Jan. 2018
  • An appellate court struck most of them down as violating the state preemption law, and the Ohio Supreme Court declined to take up the city's appeal.
    — Jackie Borchardt, cleveland.com, 17 Apr. 2018
  • Whether the preemption defense is as powerful in the Hernandez case remains to be seen.
    — Michael McCann, SI.com, 21 Sep. 2017
  • That's the kind of state law Pai is trying to prevent with the preemption clauses in the net neutrality repeal order.
    — Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 14 Dec. 2017
  • In March, Iowa became the latest state to pass a preemption bill to block minimum-wage increases.
    — Clio Chang, New Republic, 16 May 2017
  • In other words, no federal preemption of tougher state rules.
    — Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2019
  • The lawsuit that was filed by ICE was filed against the state of California on preemption issues, that the federal law preempts state law.
    — Fox News, 29 Mar. 2018
  • But at the same time, the FCC all but clears the field with sweeping preemption of anything that resembles state or local consumer protection.
    — Verne Kopytoff, Fortune, 14 Dec. 2017
  • Depressed, some of the original architects of preemption blamed those who had listened to them.
    — Victor Davis Hanson, National Review, 5 Nov. 2019
  • The preemption holding did not resolve the case, however.
    — Glenn G. Lammi, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2021
  • One result: nuclear weapons might be put on a hair trigger in crises to minimize the danger of preemption.
    — Loren Thompson, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2023
  • In addition to preemption and timing, the Patriots and NFL are poised to argue a lack of causation.
    — Michael McCann, SI.com, 21 Sep. 2017
  • Reiss said that Ginsburg’s position in this case is in line with her views on preemption in other cases, like Riegel v. Medtronic, Inc.
    — Ella Lee, USA TODAY, 27 Sep. 2020
  • The California preemption issue is not the only dispute over the bill.
    — Jennifer Haberkorn, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2022
  • And the preemption rule applicable to them is exactly the opposite of the normal rule.
    — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 29 June 2022
  • One other source of state tax preemption should be mentioned: the Indian Trader statutes.
    — Roxanne Bland, Forbes, 15 Apr. 2021
  • That group will also help provide one of the key selling points of FirstNet to police and fire chiefs: priority and preemption.
    — Tom Jackman, Washington Post, 25 June 2018
  • But he quickly got tangled in Ohio state preemption challenges.
    — Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 June 2024
  • There hasn’t been a test case of this legal theory yet, though Reidy notes many people would prefer to go the state-level preemption route instead.
    — Rachel M. Cohen, Vox, 18 June 2024

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