preliminary
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In April a federal judge granted a preliminary injunction to halt the deal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
Graham died over the weekend due to an "aortic dissection" caused by cardiovascular disease, according to a preliminary finding by the Washington DC medical examiner.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
The researchers emphasize that these results are preliminary and have not yet been confirmed in people.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 13, 2026
In a statement, his spokesperson said a preliminary report from the medical examiner for the District of Columbia found that the 71-year-old senator died of aortic dissection due to arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
New courses on hospital nursing and preliminary anatomy began.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
Nine university students entered the preliminaries this year, wrestling bulls weighing hundreds of kilograms and sporting hard, stubby horns.
From Barron's ● Jun. 28, 2026
Earlier, during the preliminaries, someone had led the crowd in the Pledge of Allegiance—first to the American flag, then to the state of Texas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
After posting the top qualifying time in Friday’s preliminaries, Adams surged ahead of Madison Mosby of St. Mary’s Academy in Inglewood to win the race with a time of 53.24.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2025
As the preliminaries drew to a close, Mike’s friends gradually started coming upstairs to join him.
From Slate ● Oct. 31, 2024
Along with Cassius, I really was more worried about how his brother Rudolph was going to do, fighting his first pro fight in the preliminaries.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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