preliminary
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Preliminary data show this shift in the fiscal landscape might already be under way.
From Barron's • May 5, 2026
Preliminary data suggests that the number of Floridians traveling out of state continued to increase in 2025.
From Salon • May 5, 2026
Preliminary results, based on more than 98% of votes counted, put his Tisza party on course for an extraordinary 138 seats, with Orbán's Fidesz on 55 and the far-right Our Homeland on six.
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026
Preliminary data from the nation’s largest labor union group, known as Rengo, showed that 1,100 members secured wage increases of 5.26% on average this year.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026
The second book, A Preliminary Discourse on the Study of Natural Philosophy, published in 1830 by the astronomer Sir John Herschel, suggested a radically different view.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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