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