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pre-empt

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. preemptive bid, pre-empt, preemptnoun

    a high bid that is intended to prevent the opposing players from bidding

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  1. pre-empt

    Pre-empt generally means to prevent something from happening by taking action before it occurs, or to take precedence over something or someone, often by acting or speaking before them. This term is also used to describe the purchase or the right to purchase something before others, or the act of interrupting a broadcast or other planned event with a more pressing matter.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of pre-empt in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of pre-empt in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of pre-empt in a Sentence

  1. Frans Timmermans:

    I don't want to prejudge, or pre-empt on any next steps, why? Because I did get the feeling today that there is room for dialogue and room for finding a solution (to the crisis) without the European Commission having to take any next steps.

  2. Lauren Carroll Harris:

    I think what 'The Mule' is trying to do is pre-empt piracy by making their film available online and making it as easy as possible for audiences to get their hands on it in a paid way, the Mule.

  3. Ernie Gates:

    To shut down Stars and Stripes on Oct. 1 would defy the expressed will of the House and pre-empt full consideration by The Senate, there's every reason to expect that the federal government will operate under a Continuing Resolution when the current fiscal year ends on Sept. 30. Secretary Esper and Defense Department should commit to continuing to fund Stars and Stripes under such a scenario -- and when Congress completes the budget process, it should then make Stars and Stripes' funding ironclad.

  4. Steve Vladeck:

    Even for those providers who are confident that what they're doing is within the letter of the law, they face the specter of potentially ruinous litigation. They can't stop it. They can't avoid it. They can't pre-empt it.

  5. Howard Yu:

    In an attempt to pre-empt Chinese competitors from acquiring their way into a foreign market, global corporations may end up paying too much in the counter-bidding.

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