preempted

past tense of preempt

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of preempted What’s happening in Manatee, said Belanger of the Local Solutions Support Center, reflects a broader strategy playing out in states nationwide, where governors have increasingly preempted local decisions on everything from criminal justice to health care and social policy. Josh Salman, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2025 Last year, a federal court struck down a similar bill dealing with arbitration because it was preempted by federal law. Ken Monroe, Oc Register, 18 Aug. 2025 But in her order, Owen found that the labor board lacked jurisdiction to determine whether state law should be preempted by the relatively new constitutional amendment. Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for preempted
Verb
  • In addition, several firearms and drugs were seized from other residences, according to police.
    Jack Moore, ABC News, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Local, national and global media outlets this week seized on the opportunity to report Zuckerberg's lawsuit against Meta.
    John Tufts, IndyStar, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In explaining the oversight for such a highly visual social media app, Meta claimed limited resources and higher priorities.
    Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Both claimed there were no imminent crime issues in the city.
    Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Houston Astros center fielder Taylor Trammell had his bat confiscated in the ninth inning of the team’s 8-4 loss to the New York Yankees on Thursday at Daikin Park.
    Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2025
  • According to the Minnesota Star Tribune, 12-inch centipedes were also confiscated and the green mamba, which had been sick, died after the raid.
    TJ Macias, Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Resentment soon starts needling away at them as Theo goes over budget and Ivy feels her role as a mother has been usurped — the kids are now too health-conscious even to touch her desserts.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Just as cable was usurped by fibre.
    Sam Knight, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Inevitably, different players have different routines, different responsibilities, different ways of keeping themselves occupied.
    Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
  • His teammates marvel at it, their explanation for how a soon-to-be 36-year-old is still playing a game occupied primarily by athletes in their early 20s.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Twenty-four hours later, Ohtani entered the visiting clubhouse in Baltimore and grabbed his glove.
    Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
  • During the argument, Martin grabbed a hammer from Lawson that Lawson had been using to repair a patio door and raised it above his head in a striking motion, Lawson said.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The fire is assumed to have been sparked by lightning.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Normally, such readers are assumed to be older.
    Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The legislature appropriated $147 million this past session to protect current families using the vouchers.
    Caroline Beck, IndyStar, 4 Sep. 2025
  • One user appropriated the monologue as an origin story for Fozzie Bear.
    Matt Donnelly, Variety, 31 Aug. 2025

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“Preempted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preempted. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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