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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of preempt.

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Examples

  • The FDA has never before, in its entire history, claimed that a drug label preempts actions against health care professionals for failure-to-warn patients about risks.

    FDA Runs Protection Racket For Big Pharma 2007

  • They neither expect nor act as if a cellphone call preempts the "real universe" surrounding them.

    Hot Air » Top Picks 2009

  • They neither expect nor act as if a cellphone call preempts the "real universe" surrounding them.

    Hot Air » Top Picks 2009

  • They neither expect nor act as if a cellphone call preempts the "real universe" surrounding them.

    Hot Air » Top Picks 2009

  • They neither expect nor act as if a cellphone call preempts the "real universe" surrounding them.

    Hot Air » Top Picks 2009

  • The key legal question is whether the FDA-approved label preempts state product safety laws, as Wyeth and other drug companies argue.

    Top Stories - Google News 2008

  • If all three principles are accepted, then even if you want to give your consent to the State’s rule over you, you can’t do it, because the state’s unilateral imposition of the terms preempts your efforts to consent to the terms.

    Rad Geek People’s Daily – 2009 – January – 08 2009

  • If all three principles are accepted, then even if you want to give your consent to the State’s rule over you, you can’t do it, because the state’s unilateral imposition of the terms preempts your efforts to consent to the terms.

    Can anybody ever consent to the State? 2009

  • Supreme Court opinion that holds that federal regulation of medical devices by the Food and Drug Administration "preempts" the possibility of liability cases under state law.

    Medtronic Says Wires May Have Had Role in 13 Deaths 2009

  • He based his ruling on a Supreme Court opinion that federal regulation of medical devices "preempts," or precludes, any such product-liability cases under state law.

    Judge's Son Had a Link To Medtronic 2009

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