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
Sydney Mook,
Twin Cities,
30 Apr. 2026
He’s been charged with two counts of premeditated murder with a weapon, among other charges.
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Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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.
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Holly Ramer,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2026
Vidro is charged with premeditated murder and stalking, per court records.
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Liam Quinn,
PEOPLE,
21 Apr. 2026
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Adjective
Fravel was sentenced to life in prison for premeditated murder.
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Sydney Mook,
Twin Cities,
30 Apr. 2026
He’s been charged with two counts of premeditated murder with a weapon, among other charges.
—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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.
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Holly Ramer,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2026
Vidro is charged with premeditated murder and stalking, per court records.
—
Liam Quinn,
PEOPLE,
21 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for premeditated
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What is needed now is a deliberate consolidation of overlapping groups into effective coalitions, accompanied by rigorous tracking of donors and their commitments.
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Also woven into the story is Lim Bo Seng, the real-life resistance leader who serves as a mentor figure to Kai, and Takeshi Inoue, a Japanese officer drawn with deliberate moral complexity.
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Those drums did not stop once over the course of a 90-minute match, even though the team they were intended to support not only did not score but did not come particularly close.
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The letter did not explain the pause, but suggested it may have been intended to preserve evidence.
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Tumpa, her nephew, and Oro Recovery were also all accused of intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligent infliction of emotional distress, and invasion of privacy by public disclosure of private facts.
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Under church law, the consecrations constitute a schismatic act, or an intentional rupture of the unity of the Catholic Church, and incur automatic excommunication for the four bishops and the bishop administering the consecration.
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The effect of Greenspan’s artistry was to alter permanently the way the capital markets function, and to extend the Fed’s influence more deeply into the economy than Congress ever contemplated – and certainly far beyond any Constitutional remit.
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Following the completion of her fifth season, Powell initially contemplated returning for a sixth year as a DCC — but ultimately decided to hang up her boots and retire.
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The reason is that the administration has shrunk the requirements for reports of immunization from states, changing the reports from mandated to voluntary.
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Without control of committee gavels — and the subpoena power that comes with them — legislative inquiries from the Hill minority generally rely on the voluntary compliance from their targets to produce documents or testimony.
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Women meditated on Christ’s Passion, following its stages in prayers that drew power from their own physical suffering.
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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.
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Designing a $53 million home without an owner may sound like a calculated act of extreme optimism.
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The question now is whether Warsh’s début was an early show of independence, a calculated bet, or the start of a very short honeymoon.
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All of them were aimed at creating new congressional district maps that favor their party.
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The House of Representatives easily approved bipartisan legislation aimed at protecting kids online, a significant step in a yearslong journey to rein in social media companies' interactions with children.
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“Premeditated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/premeditated. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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