Crossword-Solution: PREEMPTED
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Preempted | imp. & p. p. | of Preempt |
We have 6 clues for the answer “PREEMPTED”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Broken into on TV? | 1 answer |
| Bumped | 1 answer |
| Knocked off schedule | 1 answer |
| Took first? | 2 answers |
| Forestalled. | 3 answers |
| Appropriated | 9 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ARETE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with PREEMPTED (5)
Thus, all unread in philosophy, Daylight preempted for himself the position and vocation of a twentieth-century superman.
One that Lucy had shown him one day and which he had preempted; David at the age of eight, in a small black velvet suit and with very thin legs.
Her house was still a rendezvous, but it was for couples like the ones who had preempted the drawing-room, the library and the music room that afternoon.
This man's lot was under thirty-six feet of water, and, besides, had been preempted so long by the alligators and gars that his title looked fishy.
Wherever you go in the wilderness you find Meeko ahead of you, and all the best camping grounds preempted by him.
Quotes with PREEMPTED (3)
When power is discovered, man always turns to it," Bateson wrote darkly. "The science of heredity will soon provide power on stupendous scale; and in some country, at some time not, perhaps, far distant, that power will be applied to control the composition of a nation. Whether the institution of such control will ultimately be good or bad for that nation, or humanity at large, is a separate question." He had preempted the century of the gene.
The laws of nature cannot be randomly reshuffled at the cusps [of an oscillating universe]. If the universe has already gone through many oscillations, many possible laws of gravity would have been so weak that, for any given initial expansion, the universe would not have held together. Once the universe stumbles upon such a gravitational law, it flies apart and has no further opportunity to experience another oscillation and another cusp and another set of laws of nature. Th…
As a teen, every major moment was preempted by a torturous, hours-long hair-straightening session. Sleek, silky strands made me feel prettier. And the truth is, I was completely clueless about how to deal with my curls! When they weren't flatironed into submission for special occasions, they were practically glued down with gobs of gel.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: LAT, NYT.
Used 3 times in crossword archives (2004–2013).