premeditative

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for premeditative
Adjective
  • The resulting formula is a gentle and effective cleanser with a host of benefits that have its eco-friendly suds making a splash within the beauty and environmentally-conscious household cleaning spaces alike.
    Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 2 Oct. 2025
  • This hotel, which appeals to budget-conscious travelers with its free aquarium and mermaid show, offers free self-parking and valet parking.
    Michael Salerno, AZCentral.com, 2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Whether her death was intentional or accidental remains unknown, but her heartbreak is unquestionable.
    Bryan West, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Moving from canvas to page was challenging, and deeply intentional, for Rosales.
    Okla Jones, Essence, 3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Those old-fashioned TV-show plots with a premeditated murder committed for some explicable reason, that’s really an anachronism.
    Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Nigel Edge was arrested Saturday on charges including first-degree murder in what police are calling a premeditated attack.
    Chris Arnold, NPR, 28 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • In the end, the strike had the opposite of its intended effect.
    Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Its intended purpose is to help develop the nation's communications infrastructure and protect consumers’ equal access by promoting competition among communication companies.
    Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 24 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • In late August, a jury found a co-defendant guilty of voluntary manslaughter in both killings as well as two counts each of armed criminal action and stealing a firearm.
    Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2025
  • In 1976, a judge ruled that Milwaukee Public Schools were unlawfully segregated, leading to a voluntary integration program allowing students to transfer to suburban schools.
    Everett Eaton, jsonline.com, 7 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • While relocating the U21s and U18s from the main building was a deliberate choice, space has in any case been taken up by open-plan offices to accommodate non-football staff relocated from Old Trafford — a policy instructed by Sir Jim Ratcliffe.
    Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • What sets Hernandez apart is the combination of technical fluency, cultural sensibility, and deliberate coordination.
    Jason Phillips, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • As Mahoney's statement about the Hobbs administration's purposeful omission of climate content from the plan suggests, opinions on how best to get the public on board with heat solutions vary.
    Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Steinberg notes that the focus on language, and the lack of English in many of the episodes, was a purposeful decision to give viewers a small taste of what Amanda felt like.
    CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Strengthening transcendence, with its associated behaviors of being purposive, inspired, optimistic, creative, and future-oriented, helps to broaden your perspective and see beyond the immediate challenges.
    Mary Crossan, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
  • For Defoe, meaning is purposive and theological, purposive because theological.
    James Wood, The New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2022
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“Premeditative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/premeditative. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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