Synonyms for preemption
priˈɛmp ʃənpre·emp·tion

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1. preemption, pre-emptionnoun

   the judicial principle asserting the supremacy of federal over state legislation on the same subject

   Synonyms:
   pre-emption

2. preemption, pre-emptionnoun

   the right of a government to seize or appropriate something (as property)

   Synonyms:
   pre-emption

3. preemption, pre-emptionnoun

   the right to purchase something in advance of others

   Synonyms:
   pre-emption

4. preemption, pre-emptionnoun

   a prior appropriation of something

   "the preemption of bandwidth by commercial interests"

   Synonyms:
   pre-emption

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1. • Law
   • Legal Principle
   • Legal Right

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1. List of paraphrases for "preemption":

   preference, preemptive, pre-emption

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1. Mackenzie Kelly:

   I am the parent of a student who's in high school and anything that we can do to restrict access to AR-15 makes my son safer and every other parents, kids in our community safer. i believe that any attempt by Austin to restrict, regulate, or hamper the sales of firearms does violate state preemption laws. And that violation of the preemption law risks a lawsuit from the attorney general, which I think is a needless waste of taxpayer resources.

2. Mackenzie Kelly:

   I believe that any attempt by Austin to restrict, regulate, or hamper the sales of firearms does violate state preemption laws. And that violation of the preemption law risks a lawsuit from the attorney general, which I think is a needless waste of taxpayer resources.

3. Alan Gottlieb:

   We are going to fight this vigorously in defense of a state preemption law that has served Washington citizens well for more than three decades.

4. Adam Zimmerman:

   In light of the Bates decision, it's going to be an uphill battle for the company to win on preemption on appeal.

5. Nicole Antonopoulos:

   Los Angeles was Los Angeles, in a nutshell, the state preemption threw a huge kink in our efforts towards carbon neutrality. This isn't the first time the state has preempted things that have made us go back to the proverbial drawing table and figure out how we get creative and innovative in a space where we don't have funding.