preempt
Example Sentences
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ANZ Research’s Dhiraj Nim believes it will be difficult to preempt how the GDP series will change under the new framework, with significant changes to the base year and input data.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
There are only so many times a network affiliate like Sinclair can preempt a network show.
From Salon • Sep. 24, 2025
There may very well be a way that he can devote time and resources to coming after a social media company like X, though, and Musk and his lawyers would like to preempt that possibility.
From Slate • Apr. 25, 2025
In a bid to preempt scrutiny, Südhof’s co-authors wrote three recent PubPeer posts pointing out mistakes they have found in their own work.
From Science Magazine • Apr. 30, 2024
Rapid spread of a crop may preempt domestication not only of the same wild ancestral species somewhere else but also of related wild species.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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