as in deliberate
done or made according to a plan; planned in advance
premeditated murder The attack was premeditated.
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Recent Examples of premeditated
Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2025
Now, Booker has been charged with premeditated murder; evidence tampering; dismembering and mutilation of a corpse; and concealing a death, the Macomb County Prosecutor’s Office announced.
—Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 31 Jan. 2025
Investigators believe Pan was also responsible for the four .45 caliber shootings, and that the shootings were part of a premeditated plan.
—Murray Weiss, CBS News, 24 Jan. 2025
However, with General Manager Chris Drury trading away another pay of their core yesterday, is this all part of a premeditated plan to save the season or a last-ditch scramble to save what is left of the campaign?
—Tyler Small, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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Adjective
And so camera location and camera movement was really kind of premeditated.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2025
Now, Booker has been charged with premeditated murder; evidence tampering; dismembering and mutilation of a corpse; and concealing a death, the Macomb County Prosecutor’s Office announced.
—Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 31 Jan. 2025
Investigators believe Pan was also responsible for the four .45 caliber shootings, and that the shootings were part of a premeditated plan.
—Murray Weiss, CBS News, 24 Jan. 2025
However, with General Manager Chris Drury trading away another pay of their core yesterday, is this all part of a premeditated plan to save the season or a last-ditch scramble to save what is left of the campaign?
—Tyler Small, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for premeditated
Adjective
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This deliberate approach matters because many organizations struggle with performative values.—
Dr. Diane Hamilton,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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There are also deliberate cuts that have been vowed at Columbia and UPenn, two universities that get federal funding and do health research.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
23 Mar. 2025
Verb
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According to the complaint, there was no indication that the victim intended to meet anyone underage.—
Christina Coulter,
Fox News,
6 Jan. 2025
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Seinfeld was clearly teasing, but sure enough, several headlines reported it as gospel with perhaps a mention three paragraphs in that it was intended to be humorous.—
Jenelle Riley,
Variety,
6 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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To be truly intentional in your healing process, focus on understanding, not winning or being right.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
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Bean also faces a charge of injury to a child with intentional bodily injury.—
Lina Ruiz,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
22 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Cooper, however, barely contemplated leaving him at home and that, perhaps more than anything, summed up the bond between manager and player.—
Daniel Taylor,
The Athletic,
2 Jan. 2025
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Armstead, who contemplated retirement after last season, has a $22 million salary cap hit next season and the Dolphins would probably prefer to develop Paul, their second-round pick.—
Steve Svekis,
Sun Sentinel,
30 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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The voluntary program allows people who have two years or less of their sentence remaining to serve the rest of their time in a center that offers help with reentering the community.—
Alene Tchekmedyian,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Mar. 2025
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While there has even been some talk of a military invasion, there are other ways America could gain control of the Arctic territory, such as free association, which is the ability to maintain self-government along with a voluntary and mutual partnership with a sovereign state.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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It’s also helped that the rest of the blue line has had more freedom to take calculated risks and join plays on offence, which has allowed the club to generate scoring chances at a healthy rate recently.—
Harman Dayal,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
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Leaders in any field can learn from their ability to anticipate needs before they are recognized, challenge assumptions, and embrace calculated risks.—
Rodger Dean Duncan,
Forbes,
25 Mar. 2025
Verb
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This isn’t meant to denigrate Baez, an intelligent, exquisite artist whose relationship with Dylan might have made a more interesting film.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
26 Dec. 2024
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Nearly as vital to thriving as fire, a working canoe meant open trade and shipping networks, fishing in deeper waters, and travel to faraway places.—
Jacqueline Kehoe,
Smithsonian Magazine,
26 Dec. 2024
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“Premeditated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/premeditated. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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