preemption
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ʃən noun
the act or right of claiming or purchasing before or in preference to others.
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| preemption | |
noun | |
| 1. | the judicial principle asserting the supremacy of federal over state legislation on the same subject |
| 2. | the right of a government to seize or appropriate something (as property) |
| 3. | the right to purchase something in advance of others |
| 4. | a prior appropriation of something; "the preemption of bandwidth by commercial interests" |
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Preemption
is always a great word to know.
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| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
Example sentences
The primary goal is probably federal preemption of potentially stricter state standards.
The traders will be allowed to dispose of their effects, the allied army having the right of preemption.
His successor, surrounded by those who talk easily of transformation and preemption, was not reluctant to gamble on one big thing.
Let me say a word about what you call the new strategy of preemption.
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