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Noun
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preemption
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pre-emption
(the judicial principle asserting the supremacy of federal over state legislation on the same subject)
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preemption
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pre-emption
(the right of a government to seize or appropriate something (as property))
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preemption
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pre-emption
(the right to purchase something in advance of others)
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preemption
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pre-emption
(a prior appropriation of something)
"the preemption of bandwidth by commercial interests"