How to Use preempt in a Sentence

preempt

verb

• The state law was preempted by a federal law.
• The contract preempts lawsuits by the company's clients.
• The President's speech preempted regular programming.
• In the face of the unknown, will fear increase the tendency to preempt?
  — The Atlantic, 11 July 2019
• But Burg said the state’s right to preempt the FCC’s nationwide rules will be challenged in the courts.
  — Benny Evangelista, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 June 2018
• Those laws will be challenged by the FCC, which claims its rules preempt those at the state level.
  — Alyssa Newcomb /, NBC News, 11 June 2018
• ISPs might now have a better case for preempting the New York law.
  — Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 26 Apr. 2024
• An attempt to pass a bill in Congress that would preempt the state laws has also stalled.
  — Joe Nocera Bloomberg Opinion, Star Tribune, 22 June 2021
• The claims, denied by Meghan, were made in 2018 and then revived to preempt the Oprah interview.
  — Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 8 Mar. 2021
• In today’s deal, Wendy preempted with three spades as East, and South’s four hearts was passed out.
  — Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2024
• Thursday’s rule change is an effort to preempt these laws and bring the NCAA’s own guidelines in line with state law.
  — Katie McInerney, BostonGlobe.com, 28 June 2021
• In the replay, where West preempted with a cheesy weak two-bid, North-South reached the slam on momentum.
  — Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 28 July 2019
• Central banks, as China has done, will preempt that role.
  — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 2021
• Alarmed by the trend, conservative politicians and the Catholic Church wanted to preempt any attempt to loosen the Irish ban.
  — Ciara Nugent, Time, 23 May 2018
• If the cities do not submit a plan by September, the state can take over and preempt land use authority in one of the cities.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Apr. 2022
• All the evidence of racist sentiment in the Jan. 6 crowd should have been enough to preempt Carlson’s whitewashing of the event.
  — Washington Post, 5 Mar. 2021
• On this basis, FDA approval of a drug would appear to preempt any state action.
  — Joshua Cohen, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2024
• On this basis, FDA approval of a drug would appear to preempt state action.
  — Joshua Cohen, Forbes, 2 June 2022
• The stipulations laid out in the new tax credit today are supposed to preempt some of those risks.
  — Justine Calma, The Verge, 22 Dec. 2023
• That benefit would be lost if the federal law can preempt state law.
  — Jennifer Haberkorn, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2022
• It’s been several years because we got preempted by the pandemic, and then there was all the time at sea.
  — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Aug. 2024
• Oreshkin’s missive wasn’t quick enough to preempt at least one outburst apropos of the weak ruble.
  — Joel Gehrke, Washington Examiner, 15 Aug. 2023
• The restoration of the mansion preempts a 2025 celebration of Cézanne and his connection to Aix-en-Provence.
  — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Feb. 2024
• The league and the owners were attempting to preempt any budding radicalism on the NBPA’s part.
  — Nathaniel Friedman, The New Republic, 1 Aug. 2020
• Final bids are expected Sept. 6, but a deal could come earlier if any of the parties preempt the sales process, the people said.
  — Dallas News, 22 Aug. 2022
• The only way to combat a true issue of availability is to preempt it.
  — Jens Gamperl, Forbes, 11 May 2021
• In his own Twitter thread announcing the move yesterday, Mars seemed to preempt this read.
  — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 27 Apr. 2021
• Back then, ride-hail lobbyists were able to preempt many city laws from taking effect.
  — Aarian Marshall, WIRED, 4 Jan. 2024
• Combs’ team responded to the former model’s complaint last week, seeking a dismissal on the grounds that her claim is time-barred and preempted by state law.
  — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2024
• Sanders tried to preempt a shift in blame Drug companies and their allies are fond of using these kinds of hearings to call PBMs the real culprit for patients struggling to afford medicines.
  — Peter Sullivan, Axios, 24 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 1 Dec 2024