How to Use preempt in a Sentence

preempt

verb

• 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.
• That ensures that federal rules will preempt state ones in the cities.
  — Tom W Bell, Oc Register, 6 Apr. 2025
• That benefit would be lost if the federal law can preempt state law.
  — Jennifer Haberkorn, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2022
• In the face of the unknown, will fear increase the tendency to preempt?
  — The Atlantic, 11 July 2019
• 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
• Those claims are now preempted by federal law.
  — Diana Novak Jones, USA Today, 25 June 2026
• His bill would preempt state laws and set a single national standard.
  — Sabrina Eaton, cleveland, 24 Sep. 2020
• Back then, ride-hail lobbyists were able to preempt many city laws from taking effect.
  — Aarian Marshall, WIRED, 4 Jan. 2024
• But make sure to check local listings as college football may preempt things.
  — Jillian Sederholm, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Nov. 2025
• Trump’s lawyers said federal law preempted or overrode the state law.
  — Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026
• Nexstar followed suit the next day and has doubled down on its decision to preempt the show from last week.
  — Jordan Green, Nashville Tennessean, 23 Sep. 2025
• Nexstar followed suit the next day and has doubled down on last week's decision to preempt the show.
  — James Powel, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
• The judge agreed and denied the DHS motion to preempt the case.
  — Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 23 Dec. 2025
• That law may preempt dozens of state laws that say ballots cast on election day must be accepted days or weeks later.
  — Susan Shelley, Oc Register, 17 Jan. 2026
• 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
• And that was despite still being preempted in a quarter of markets!
  — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
• The bill would also preempt state laws that regulate the payments to players.
  — Joey Cappelletti, Fortune, 4 Dec. 2025
• But the company says those state-law claims are preempted by federal law.
  — Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 12 Jan. 2026
• The exemption could also preempt state antitrust claims, which would likely hold up in court.
  — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 10 Mar. 2026
• The company says those state-law claims are preempted by federal law.
  — Ella Lee, The Hill, 14 Jan. 2026
• 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
• The only way to combat a true issue of availability is to preempt it.
  — Jens Gamperl, Forbes, 11 May 2021
• 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
• Those laws will be challenged by the FCC, which claims its rules preempt those at the state level.
  — Alyssa Newcomb /, NBC News, 11 June 2018
• Carr also urged affiliates to preempt the show.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 18 Sep. 2025
• ISPs might now have a better case for preempting the New York law.
  — Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 26 Apr. 2024
• Nexstar and Sinclair could still choose to preempt the show with other coverage.
  — Cheryl V. Jackson, Louisville Courier Journal, 23 Sep. 2025
• Nexstar and Sinclair could still choose to preempt the show with other coverage.
  — Pamela Avila, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2025