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preemptively
[ pree-emp-tiv-lee ]
adverb
- before or in preference to other buyers, claimants, candidates, etc.:
TriStar has preemptively purchased the movie rights to Williams鈥 new novel, the sequel to her debut bestseller.
- as a measure taken against something anticipated or feared; preventively:
Knowing I鈥檇 be practicing piano for hours every day, I preemptively left polite notes for the upstairs and downstairs neighbors鈥攚ith cookies attached鈥攁pologizing for the noise.
- Bridge. (said of bidding) at an unnecessarily high level, as a defensive maneuver to make communication between one鈥檚 opponents more difficult:
The more tricks you are certain of winning, given your hand, the higher the level at which you can bid preemptively.
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of preemptively1
Example Sentences
Accompanying the raid were dozens of airstrikes that obliterated major military installations across Syria 鈥 all part of an Israeli campaign to preemptively defang Syria鈥檚 new authorities.
A flashback shows the pair arguing over their living situation; he鈥檚 enthusiastic about relocating the family to the farmhouse, and she鈥檚 preemptively suffocating from seclusion鈥檚 effects on her work as an artist.
Still more have preemptively yanked products from their shelves.
Despite the vagueness of the order, some schools are moving to preemptively comply with the untested order, scrubbing their websites of mentions of diversity and changing programming.
Edison has said it preemptively cut power to a limited number of lower-capacity distribution lines 鈥 the sort typically carried by wooden poles to individual homes and businesses 鈥 in areas closest to Eaton Canyon.
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