Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Buying; purchase.
- noun That which is bought; provision; supply.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare The act of buying.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of
buying .
Etymologies
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Examples
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That thousands of people would die in pre-emption is a dark stain on the image of the country.
Think Progress » Yoo: Congress Cannot Stop the President From Using Nukes 2010
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The doctrine of Pre-emption is what got us into this fix with North Korea.
Think Progress » Neocons Resurrect Plans For Regional War In The Middle East 2006
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"Pre-emption is only a tactic that puts off the nuclear development," Gardiner said after the exercise.
Will Iran Be Next? 2004
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"Pre-emption is only a tactic that puts off the nuclear development," Gardiner said after the exercise.
Will Iran Be Next? 2004
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I thought the major credential for the office was good judgement, good ideas, a commitment to avoid war unless absoluteloy necessary (as in self-defense, primarily, not in pre-emption which is used by McCain, Bush, the neocons and Democratic war-hawks to justify any military undertaking they choose).
Hillary: McCain Has Crossed "Commander In Chief Threshold" 2009
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But if Western nations play a constructive role in the interim period, demonstrating their strong support for Tunisian democratization, then some of those concerns can be allayed call it peaceful pre-emption if you like.
Shadi Hamid: Tunisia: The First Arab Democratic Revolution? Shadi Hamid 2011
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But if Western nations play a constructive role in the interim period, demonstrating their strong support for Tunisian democratization, then some of those concerns can be allayed call it peaceful pre-emption if you like.
Shadi Hamid: Tunisia: The First Arab Democratic Revolution? Shadi Hamid 2011
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But if Western nations play a constructive role in the interim period, demonstrating their strong support for Tunisian democratization, then some of those concerns can be allayed call it peaceful pre-emption if you like.
Shadi Hamid: Tunisia: The First Arab Democratic Revolution? Shadi Hamid 2011
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Two recent Supreme Court cases on federal pre-emption have made a mess of tort law, confusing and endangering consumers by holding that a patient who is injured by a dangerous drug can sue the manufacturer, but a patient injured by a dangerous medical device cannot.
End Pre-Emption, Support The Medical Device Safety Act - The Consumerist 2009
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Even a one-week pre-emption does not sit well with these fans.
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