provisional

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The team has also submitted a provisional patent for this work.

From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2026

A plea hearing will take place on 3 June and a provisional trial date was set for February 2027.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

“I’m struck by that in a way the crayon or marker drawing is provisional — there’s no final form to it.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

The hierarchy that had once defined Hezbollah became provisional.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

Most white people believed African Americans lacked the proper motivation to work, prompting the provisional Southern legislatures to adopt the notorious black codes.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander