preliminary

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District Court Chief Judge Troy L. Nunley signaled he was preparing to issue a preliminary injunction that would prevent Nexstar and Tegna from combining operations amid an ongoing legal challenge.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

The South Korean technology company said in preliminary results Tuesday that its operating profit likely reached around 57.200 trillion won, equivalent to $37.91 billion, for the January-March period.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

"We had some solid preliminary information about this operation, including details about the place and possible timing," former senior Hungarian counter-intelligence officer, Peter Buda, told the BBC.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

Yet they have to correct for a yearslong decline in employer response rates to BLS surveys—which does not negate the data overall, but certainly makes preliminary calculations a bit more unsteady and speculative.

From Slate • Apr. 3, 2026

Only a month earlier, Lawrence had given him preliminary estimates of $750,000 for construction and another $250,000 for operating costs over a ten-year period.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik