To avoid blame, Cantor claimed that the Democrats were intending to do the same and he just wanted to preempt them. |
Its recommendations should be studied seriously, though they should not be allowed to preempt strategic development. |
Regulated retail tariffs can have highly distortive effects and in certain cases preempt the creation of liberalised markets. |
This largely symbolic motion, which passed, was designed to preempt a more extreme one planned by the separatist Bloc Québécois. |
Delays in alerting the crew may preempt the taking of appropriate action and may result in serious injury. |
Tokyo was hoping to preempt a more nationalistic potential buyer from making the purchase. |