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as in precaution
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as in deliberation
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Recent Examples of premeditation
The wound is inflicted, with icy premeditation, by a woman named Emily (Stone), for reasons too viciously convoluted to get into here.
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Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 21 June 2024
Based on the footage, the officer writing the document says there was probable cause to arrest Myers on a charge of second-degree murder without premeditation.
—Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 8 June 2024
First-degree murder includes premeditation, while second-degree murder does not.
—Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 20 May 2024
Hotchkiss also argued that Meixner’s last words showed premeditation while Dervish was killing him.
—Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 20 May 2024
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Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 21 June 2024
Based on the footage, the officer writing the document says there was probable cause to arrest Myers on a charge of second-degree murder without premeditation.
—Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 8 June 2024
First-degree murder includes premeditation, while second-degree murder does not.
—Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 20 May 2024
Hotchkiss also argued that Meixner’s last words showed premeditation while Dervish was killing him.
—Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 20 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for premeditation
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The Secret Service put additional precautions in place for the former president after he was targeted in an assassination attempt this summer.Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 4 Nov. 2024
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From about July 2016 to May 2018, Divers circumvented these precautions by opening bank accounts in the name of Kodiak but as the only account signatory, authorities said.Caelyn Pender, The Mercury News, 2 Nov. 2024
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After five days of testimony and two days of deliberation, the jury reached its decision, acquitting David of murder but remaining deadlocked on the manslaughter charge.Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 2 Nov. 2024
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But this was made within a couple of weeks of the election, and there was no substantive serious deliberation with the editorial board of the paper.Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 30 Oct. 2024
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While Elisabeth, an aging actress, and her younger not-quite-doppelgänger Sue (Margaret Qualley) share the blame for prescription-medication abuse, what appears to motivate their reckless errors comes down to matters of etiquette and forethought.Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 20 Sep. 2024
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Unlike a quick trip to your dermatologist or plastic surgeon for hyaluronic acid filler, fat grafting involves going under IV sedation, a type of anesthesia administered through a vein, and requires much more forethought and planning.Taryn Brooke, Allure, 24 Oct. 2024
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But those who can effectively make the business case using data are the ones who are usually able to get additional budget priority and consideration.Alena Botros, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024
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The bad news then is that the preponderance of users is blindly unaware of this rather significant consideration when using generative AI, namely that the answers are not 100% certain all the time.Lance Eliot, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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His journey from scouring YouTube for hidden gems to becoming the go-to executive for up-and-coming talent underscores a career built on passion, foresight, and an unyielding commitment to artist development.Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2024
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The first habit is being proactive, and that’s because foresight and planning are evergreen skills for long-term success.Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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The key question: What does death awareness do to people? After writing about death, people tend to quickly move on, pushing thoughts of it from consciousness with distractions, rationalizations, and other tactics.Discover Magazine, Discover Magazine, 8 Nov. 2024
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Miss Manners notes that this is not a political disagreement, nor a misunderstanding, nor a private thought that was not meant for public consumption, nor a joke gone wrong.Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
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Eisner balances those personal reflections with one of Zimbardo’s final interviews, a telling one that anchors the final episode.Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Brighton is a true reflection of Michigan's political variety, with people divided by their views.Arpan Lobo, Nushrat Rahman, Natalie Davies, Lindsay Tague, Alexander Boesch, Sarah Moore, Sophia Jundy, Mikia Lawrence, Alec Mork, Siddhi Choubey and Sonja Krohn, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2024
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Those moves were then reversed by the Trump administration but later reinstated by the Biden administration, which also released an accompanying U.S. Forest Service study that said hard-rock mining within the Rainy River Watershed could pose an environmental threat to the BWCAW.Jimmy Lovrien, Twin Cities, 13 Nov. 2024
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Rabinovich, a distinguished Israeli historian of the modern Middle… The War for Lebanon, 1970-1983 This is partly a history of Lebanon's breakdown and civil war, partly a study of why and how Israel went to war in 1982.Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2024
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“Premeditation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/premeditation. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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