as in deliberate
done or made according to a plan; planned in advance
premeditated murder The attack was premeditated.
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Recent Examples of premeditated
Holly Ramer, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2026
Jurors found Spann committed four premeditated murders as part of the racketeering conspiracy, including the killings of Rudy Rangel, Willie Woods, and George King in 200 and Maximillion McDaniel in 2000.
—Cbs Chicago Team, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
Vidro is charged with premeditated murder and stalking, per court records.
—Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 21 Apr. 2026
Maybe this was a premeditated masterstroke.
—Ronan Farrow, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
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Adjective
Hisham Abugharbieh, 26, is facing two counts of premeditated murder in the first degree with a weapon in the deaths of USF students Zamil Limon and Nahida Bristy, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office.
—Holly Ramer, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2026
Jurors found Spann committed four premeditated murders as part of the racketeering conspiracy, including the killings of Rudy Rangel, Willie Woods, and George King in 200 and Maximillion McDaniel in 2000.
—Cbs Chicago Team, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
Vidro is charged with premeditated murder and stalking, per court records.
—Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 21 Apr. 2026
Maybe this was a premeditated masterstroke.
—Ronan Farrow, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for premeditated
Adjective
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Deng has made this a deliberate part of how Poké House grows.—
Rhett Power,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
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Fibermaxxing is the deliberate effort to push daily fiber intake as high as possible — often well beyond what dietary guidelines recommend.—
Ryan Brennan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 June 2026
Verb
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The Knicks elected to foul rather than allow San Antonio to attempt a tying three and the strategy worked exactly as intended.—
Dan Zaksheske,
FOXNews.com,
14 June 2026
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While effectively just a wargame made public, the release of this information is likely intended to send a warning to the US, rather than actually boast about its technological prowess.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
13 June 2026
Adjective
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The New York Times later confirmed that reporting through more anonymous US officials, including one official who said US military investigators were still evaluating whether the Iranian drone strike on the helicopter was intentional or accidental.—
Jeremy Hsu,
ArsTechnica,
10 June 2026
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The Hoffman family has filed a lawsuit against Boelter, which accuses him of assault, battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligence and negligence per se, according to the civil complaint.—
Riley Moser,
CBS News,
10 June 2026
Verb
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Cathy, a housewife, had contemplated becoming a teacher, Griffin told me.—
Gary Sernovitz,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
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The landowners contemplated building a combination gas station/convenience store, but the property wasn’t quite large enough, Barry said.—
Jim Woods,
Chicago Tribune,
3 June 2026
Adjective
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The order directed federal agencies to bolster the government’s cyber defenses and to design a mechanism for the government to gain early access to the most powerful AI models from companies like Anthropic and OpenAI on a voluntary basis.—
Jared Perlo,
NBC news,
13 June 2026
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Crucially, this is a mandatory licensing action, not the voluntary testing framework the administration rolled out earlier this month.—
Sandy Carter,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2026
Verb
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The correct response cannot be grasped, only meditated upon in the way of a koan used to train Zen Buddhist monks and force them into enlightenment.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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Biss, who often speaks at the Memorial Day and Veterans Day events at Fountain Square, meditated this year on loss and sacrifice.—
Shun Graves,
Chicago Tribune,
26 May 2026
Adjective
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Founders built authority through minimalism, detachment or a kind of calculated neutrality.—
Partner Content,
Variety,
10 June 2026
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The Dodgers move to add Lauer was a calculated one.—
Doug Padilla,
Oc Register,
8 June 2026
Verb
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Shasta County Superior Court judges denied two prior lawsuits that aimed to block Measure B from appearing on the ballot, including one from Shasta County’s attorney Joseph Larmour, without ruling on the substance of their cases.—
Ben Paviour,
Sacbee.com,
13 June 2026
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Google has announced a new legal salvo aimed at a Chinese group called Outsider Enterprise, which is allegedly responsible for a massive AI-powered scam campaign.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
12 June 2026
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“Premeditated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/premeditated. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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