Preempting

The Montana Supreme Court overturned that finding in November, directing Jacobsen to approve the petition for signature gathering and preempting potential similar disputes over CI-127, the complementary majority-winner initiative.

U.S. District Judge Thomas Durkin in Chicago said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulation for spring water does not mention microplastics, preempting the plaintiffs’ claim that concealing their presence violates state consumer protection laws.

We are going to do an official launch, so I’m preempting that launch by the way by saying this but of course we are going to do an official launch very soon so that persons know that the app is out there and they can use it.

Or had she pushed them away, preempting the threat of their rejection?

Preempting the show every other week is a sure fire way to lose an audience.

So I’m not preempting them, but my understanding is that their cases might be reviewed or opened,” Guevarra told newsmen.

In July 1951, he resigned from MI6, preempting his all-but-inevitable dismissal.

Since the advent of radio, and then television, the speech has been broadcast live on most networks, preempting scheduled programming.