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Recent Examples of Synonyms for premeditative
Adjective
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Alonso was conscious of this when speaking on Thursday in Spain.—
Luke Smith,
New York Times,
31 May 2025 -
Yet their follow-up film, Bring Her Back, feels like a conscious swerve away from those roots.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
30 May 2025
Adjective
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But Dhillon said the Biden administration wrongly attributed disparities in the treatment of racial minorities with intentional discrimination.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
22 May 2025
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The series opener got physical with Carolina dishing some dirty on an elbow to the head of Cats goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky and Brad Marchand taking an intentional puck from Shayne Gostisbehere.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
21 May 2025
Adjective
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This real-life story of betrayal, manipulation, and premeditated murder inspired the new Spanish thriller A Widow’s Game (La Viuda Negra), premiering May 30 on Netflix.—
Isadora Wandermurem,
Time,
30 May 2025
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That this was a premeditated attack is not in dispute.—
Susan B. Glasser,
New Yorker,
22 May 2025
Adjective
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The proposal has been controversial among lawmakers and advocates who say the state shouldn’t dip into that money for anything other than its intended purpose.—
Ginny Monk,
Hartford Courant,
26 May 2025
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Each project begins with a thorough technical and structural assessment of the cargo and its intended route.—
Umberto Cavallaro,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
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These are also voluntary workouts, so no need to sound an alarm just yet.—
Daniel Popper,
New York Times,
28 May 2025
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The drills are still meant to be non-contact during the voluntary sessions.—
Thuc Nhi Nguyen,
Los Angeles Times,
28 May 2025
Adjective
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Cannes got its own cliff-hanger ending on Saturday, the final day of the 78th film festival, when a power outage, apparently caused by deliberate sabotage, shut down the power grid serving the city and much of the surrounding region.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
24 May 2025
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Even by the standards of France’s famously deliberate legal system, the case took years to reach trial.—
John Leicester,
Los Angeles Times,
23 May 2025
Adjective
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Special touches, like metallic piping accents on the shoulder seam, add personality to this purposeful accessory.—
Pamela Brill,
Parents,
22 May 2025
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The details surrounding Eisenhower’s immediate treatment remain a mystery, though Newton suggests that may have had more do with protecting his personal physician, who misdiagnosed the heart attack as a bout of indigestion, than a purposeful attempt to mislead the public.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Los Angeles Times,
21 May 2025
Adjective
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Strengthening transcendence, with its associated behaviors of being purposive, inspired, optimistic, creative, and future-oriented, helps to broaden your perspective and see beyond the immediate challenges.—
Mary Crossan,
Forbes,
18 Dec. 2024
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For Defoe, meaning is purposive and theological, purposive because theological.—
James Wood,
The New Yorker,
19 Sep. 2022
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“Premeditative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/premeditative. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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