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n. - The execution of a program that preempts the use of the processing system.

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  • The major achievements of O'Quinn's essay lie in foregrounding abolition and the slave trade as critical sites for the deployment of sexuality during the
  • Despite these follies, the kind of foregrounding that he has attempted in course of the present series of essays is immensely praiseworthy.
  • They are "foregrounding growth as a sign of value."
  • What is Obama doing by foregrounding Ayers like that?
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