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preempted
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: preempt )
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Preempt \Pre*["e]mpt"\ (?; 215), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Pre["e]mpted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Pre["e]mpting .] [See Pre["e]mption .] To settle upon (public land) with a right of preemption, as under the laws of the United States; to take by pre["e]mption.
Usage examples of preempted.
That rapid spread preempted opportunities for domesticating those and related species in the Balkans.
Recall that most Fertile Crescent crops prove, upon genetic study, to derive from only a single domestication process, whose resulting crop spread so quickly that it preempted any other incipient domestications of the same or related species.
All of Southwest Asia's founder crops preempted domestication of any of their close relatives throughout the whole expanse of western Eurasia.
The quick spread of the Fertile Crescent package preempted any possible other attempts, within the Fertile Crescent or elsewhere, to domesticate the same wild ancestors.
Again as we discussed above, the crop's rapid spread preempted any possible further attempts to domesticate its relatives, as well as to redomesticate its ancestor.
The other reason is that other opportunities for the independent invention of writing were preempted by Sumerian or early Mesoamerican writing and their derivatives.
Thus, that potential for other, independent experiments was preempted or aborted.
It was perfected in North China, spread and preempted or replaced any other nascent system, and evolved into the writing still used in China today.
All of Southwest Asia’s founder crops preempted domestication of any of their close relatives throughout the whole expanse of western Eurasia.
Again as we discussed above, the crop’s rapid spread preempted any possible further attempts to domesticate its relatives, as well as to redomesticate its ancestor.
Once the bridge was sited and up and working again, Scott preempted him to translate the data on the transport's log files.
Elly saw that the other passengers had preempted the good sleeping area, and now she grew angry.
On the extreme outer edges, over toward Nebraska, squatters were building sod huts on the open range which had long been preempted by Crown Vee cattle.
Knot had preempted the legislative function, and now was making the executive arm implement his wishes.
Thea tried to comfort him, but his sickness preempted his attention and anyway, she was not his woman anymore.