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as in precaution
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as in deliberation
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Recent Examples of premeditation
What separates vigilantism from self-defense is the spontaneity of the latter and the premeditation of the former.
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Kent Russell, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
Brianna doesn’t like to make plans, shrinks from premeditation.
—Joyce Carol Oates, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2025
Conduct regular risk and threat assessments to identify, understand and catalog various risks facing your personnel and assets, as attacks are rarely performed in isolation without some degree of premeditation.
—James Henderson, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
Mental conditions can be considered in a defendant's ability to form premeditation, which must be proven to convict a defendant of first-degree murder.
—Russel Honoré, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025
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Kent Russell, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
Brianna doesn’t like to make plans, shrinks from premeditation.
—Joyce Carol Oates, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2025
Conduct regular risk and threat assessments to identify, understand and catalog various risks facing your personnel and assets, as attacks are rarely performed in isolation without some degree of premeditation.
—James Henderson, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
Mental conditions can be considered in a defendant's ability to form premeditation, which must be proven to convict a defendant of first-degree murder.
—Russel Honoré, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for premeditation
Noun
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Being aware of common web and phone scams and taking reasonable precautions can also go a long way toward protecting your info.—
Ryley Amond,
CNBC,
18 Apr. 2025
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Although, in situations where seeing separate providers isn’t possible (on a college campus, say, or in a community with few resources), rest assured a solid one will still take precautions to keep things as confidential as possible.—
Jenna Ryu,
SELF,
18 Apr. 2025
Noun
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While deliberations of the Council will be mostly behind closed doors, the Parliament uses a more open legislative process.—
Jon McGowan,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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Stermer was found guilty after seven hours of deliberation, according to WWMT.—
Sean Neumann,
People.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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But the waterskiing bit is cinema because so much forethought has gone into the funniest possible staging of the sequence.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
31 Mar. 2025
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That perspective goes back to what Godley & Creme have always stood for throughout their career with 10cc and on their own, as heard on Parts of the Process: forging ahead without forethought and being unpredictable.—
David Chiu,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Creating New Garden Beds Choosing the right spot for a new garden bed takes a lot of consideration.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
17 Apr. 2025
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Suddenly, race isn’t a consideration in the celebration of a player who was, for years, excluded from Major League Baseball because of his race.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
17 Apr. 2025
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As politicians grapple with the aging crisis, chronic disease control and escalating Medicare expenditures, Sen. Rick Scott has the foresight to focus policy on improving a negative health determinant that is at epidemic levels among seniors — loneliness.—
Gail Matillo,
Sun Sentinel,
13 Apr. 2025
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Some of it is good foresight, but that's how any company works.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Drop a comment with your thoughts on the first half of 9-1-1: Contagion below.—
Andy Swift,
TVLine,
10 Apr. 2025
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But when asked his thoughts on U.S. President Donald Trump’s politics during a press conference after the lineup announcement, Fremaux kept it diplomatic.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
10 Apr. 2025
Noun
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For some, every consumption choice is a reflection of their values.—
Ryan Miller,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2025
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Sunday, Nantz will front a piece on Bernhard Langer, along with a reflection of Spieth’s 2015 Masters victory hosted by Immelman.—
Richard Deitsch,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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Khalil finished his graduate studies at Columbia in December and is set to graduate in the spring.—
Nadine El-Bawab,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 2025
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The study, published in JAMA Network Open on April 9, analyzed four years of nationwide data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.—
Chantelle Lee,
Time,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Premeditation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/premeditation. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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