How to Use preemptive in a Sentence

preemptive

adjective

• The country took preemptive action against the perceived enemy.
• These sales add to a preemptive deal with Shout!
  — John Hopewell, Variety, 12 Aug. 2025
• There was rage in there, for sure, a touch of preemptive regret.
  — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2023
• There was no other way than to be preemptive in a story that had to be watched.
  — Karen Mizoguchi, PEOPLE.com, 19 Jan. 2018
• And preemptive kudos for the next time — because there will be a next time.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 7 Nov. 2022
• And Israel and a preemptive launch.
  — Hanna Rosin, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2026
• Newsom has been among the critics of the preemptive shutoffs.
  — Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 2 Nov. 2019
• Perhaps most troubling is that all this has led to a wave of preemptive self-censoring.
  — Karen Chu, National Review, 18 Feb. 2022
• But this week, let’s fire off a preemptive strike with a look at five of the best first-round matchups we could be headed towards.
  — Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026
• The title song is a preemptive strike, a breakup before things get too serious.
  — Star Tribune, 12 Nov. 2020
• To that end, preemptive footwork can go a long way, pun fully intended.
  — Patia Braithwaite, SELF, 25 Oct. 2019
• Biden bucked this trend by giving preemptive pardons to many close to him or to the White House.
  — Samuel Chambers, Orlando Sentinel, 29 Jan. 2025
• But the Texas law was designed to avoid preemptive legal review.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 15 Sep. 2021
• That kind of preemptive measure is a key to fighting cybercrime.
  — Gopi Sirineni, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2022
• But by the time that happens, some of the preemptive cuts may not be possible to recover.
  — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 30 Aug. 2025
• Sometimes these actions have to be preemptive and in the exercise of the right to self-defense.
  — Sandeep Gopalan, Baltimore Sun, 19 Jan. 2026
• Mitchell didn’t have to wait until 2023 to write a preemptive last-word on the subject.
  — Jenn Pelly, Pitchfork, 4 Oct. 2023
• But Nevada’s brochure clearly intends to make a preemptive case.
  — Daniel Strauss, The New Republic, 6 Apr. 2022
• For the next runner, Gorman nudged me and bellowed a loud and preemptive hello.
  — Doreen St. Félix, Vogue, 7 Apr. 2021
• What, pray tell, could be the reason for such a preemptive strike against these nonpartisan bean counters?
  — Jim Newell, Slate Magazine, 8 Mar. 2017
• Knocked off their feet by your preemptive move, the competition should be struggling to keep up in your customers’ minds.
  — Jim Heininger, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2021
• Thanks to a long drive and some preemptive thinking, the Coanes and their daughter managed to survive both storms.
  — Eileen Reslen, Redbook, 15 Sep. 2017
• Now, Ball said, businesses don’t need to make any preemptive moves with their deposits at other banks.
  — Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2023
• What about the worry that there could be some sort of preemptive style of policing that uses this technology?
  — Longreads, 21 Sep. 2017
• This is a preemptive way for the beneficiaries to lock taxes at a lower rate.
  — Raul Elizalde, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
• The speculation that the fight may be postponed has led some businesses tied to the event to take preemptive steps.
  — Lance Pugmire, latimes.com, 29 Mar. 2018
• On Monday, the same panel will vote on the preemptive arrest order.
  — Arkansas Online, 24 Nov. 2025
• Britain’s preemptive response destroyed most of Denmark’s merchant fleet, one of the largest in the world.
  — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2023
• There's a fine line between acting like a crazy fan and breaking the law, and sometimes having a preemptive plan in place is the best move.
  — Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 May 2026
• Mangold jumped in with a preemptive defense of something Chalamet did not, in fact, do.
  — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 13 Dec. 2024