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is forestalling
verb
To prevent, delay or hinder something by taking precautionary or anticipatory measures; to avert.
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"By offering arbitration -- and I have no doubt Mark has good years left -- is forestalling the inevitable".
What if today's technology is beginning to finally make better alternatives possible…but just as clean tech is being thwarted by the trillions of dollars previously sunk into fossil-fuel infrastructure, our collective investment in capitalism itself is forestalling superior post-capitalist alternatives?
The ultimate public health challenge with regard to HIV, beyond treating the afflicted, is forestalling its future spread.
Only the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Department's investigation of possible violation of the endangered species act is forestalling the tragic event.
It is likely that inactivation of GAPDH after peroxide treatment of yeast cells is forestalling the protective effect of TPI variants exhibiting reduced catalytic activity.
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Any tendency to laugh at the characters who people "Ecstasy" is forestalled by the ravishing empathy with which Mr. Leigh's pitch-perfect sextet of performers brings them to life.
Once the interest rate increase is forestalled, lawmakers could turn to the long overdue task of revamping laws on student loans and student aid that are arbitrary and far too complex.
The doleful Torringtons are planning an elegant party, but the celebration is forestalled by a nearby train derailment that floods their manor house with a throng of down-market passengers and one demonic aristocrat, all in need of shelter.
The celebration is forestalled by a nearby train derailment that floods the Torringtons' hallways with a throng of down-market passengers and one demonic aristocrat, all in need of shelter.
So, the underground cable option is forestalled and the fronts are hardened in general.
Moreover, paternalism is forestalled, since a moral judgment by blacks of their own condition counts as prima facie evidence that they are moral agents capable of such judgments.
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