Thesaurus results for PREEMPTED

preempted

verb

past tense of preempt

as in seized

to take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right the thoughtless teenagers had preempted front-row seats that were reserved for the guests of honor

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Recent Examples of preempted Volunteer Jane Gilbert recommends newbies check the site to make sure the Sunday practice isn’t preempted by a special event. —

Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2026 States are generally preempted from regulating industries where the federal government has exclusive authority to regulate. —

Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 8 Apr. 2026 However, Judge Rodriguez ruled that their state claims are preempted by federal copyright law and that Cardi’s shows in Texas weren’t different enough from her shows in other states to give Fraustro and Aguilar jurisdiction over her in the Lone Star State. —

Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2026 His administration said last week that police had preempted a similar Hyde Park meetup. —

Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2026 The states have a role to play, and that is the gold standard of that regulation, and we shouldn’t be preempted by federal regulation. —

Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 27 Mar. 2026 On Friday, jurors preempted their pizza lunch break to ask Kuhl whether all of them should weigh in on damages, or only those who’d agreed on liability. —

Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2026 The ordinance in Fishers, which has been preempted by state lawmakers, currently limits the number of rental homes to 10% per subdivision. —

Jake Allen, IndyStar, 23 Mar. 2026 Counties didn’t get routine hearings before the oil and gas commission and Colorado courts ruled that state laws preempted local ordinances. —

Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 18 Mar. 2026

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Until this week, Newsom had held back from responding to Bianco’s controversial investigation into voter fraud, in which the Sheriff’s Department seized thousands of ballots in Riverside County.

— Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
An email from Chee’s attorney, Sam O’Keefe, sent in June of last year proposed that Devastating Pyrotechnics be allowed to remove 3,600 cases of fireworks seized in Southern California, according to Sacramento Bee reporting.

— Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 10 Apr. 2026