Example Sentences

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The lawyer remains in the jury pool, although prosecutors may still use a pre-emptory challenge to remove him.

From New York Times • Mar. 4, 2014

There is no need for pre-emptory, wholesale slashing of the arts – the entire cost of funding the arts in Newcastle falls within a reasonable marginal error of the estimated deficit.

From The Guardian • Dec. 21, 2012

By the council's own admission these cuts are blanket and pre-emptory.

From The Guardian • Dec. 16, 2012

"We are shocked to discover not only that wholesale changes to the traditional schedule are being considered for Beijing but that they are being approached in what would appear a pre-emptory fashion," writes Stokes.

From Time Magazine Archive

Steve shot around and levelled a pre-emptory finger.

From Then I'll Come Back to You by Evans, Larry