prepense

Definition of prepensenext

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for prepense
Adjective
  • Dubai police have charged George with premeditated murder.
    Frank Andrews, CBS News, 25 June 2026
  • Dusty Ray Spencer, 74, was convicted in 1992 of the premeditated murder of his wife, Karen Spencer, just outside of her west Orange County home earlier that year.
    Silas Morgan, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 June 2026
Adjective
  • What is needed now is a deliberate consolidation of overlapping groups into effective coalitions, accompanied by rigorous tracking of donors and their commitments.
    Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 28 June 2026
  • 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.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 June 2026
Adjective
  • While investors concentrate on NVIDIA's staggering growth rate, an even more revealing figure resides in its supply commitments, illustrating a calculated strategy to satisfy demand that skeptics argue may not be viable.
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
  • 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.
    John Cassidy, New Yorker, 23 June 2026
Adjective
  • The considered yes is not recklessness.
    Annette Logan-Parker, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • All of this was a considered response to European systems within which a tiny plutocracy had built power and control over land and people, especially through familial inheritance.
    Tyler Green, The Atlantic, 21 May 2026
Adjective
  • Meaningful persuasion requires the suspension of some short-term interests for the sake of long-term interests, which is why coercive economic statecraft among allies is ill advised.
    MICHAEL KIMMAGE, Foreign Affairs, 8 Dec. 2025
Adjective
  • And for less studied organisms, such as sea sponges, that timeline can be even longer.
    K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 24 May 2026
  • Apa worked extensively with a dialect coach and closely studied clips of Stewart’s movies.
    Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 20 May 2026
Adjective
  • 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.
    Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026
  • 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.
    ABC News, ABC News, 30 June 2026
Adjective
  • Black comedy is among the hardest tones to nail, and if there was a single knowing wink from the actors or even a soupçon of exaggeration in the execution, the whole thing could simply become too tiresomely antic to be actually funny.
    Jessica Kiang, Variety, 16 June 2026
  • Those of us with a penchant for fashion have managed—not without effort—to put aside the knowing glances, caresses, and hugs to take in every detail of the look.
    Arancha Gamo, Glamour, 7 June 2026
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“Prepense.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prepense. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.

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