provisional
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Your provisional income, as defined by the Internal Revenue Service, includes half of your Social Security benefits plus other taxable income and tax-exempt interest.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
The pass rate increased slightly from 91.4%, according to last year's provisional results, to 92.6%.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
As it stands, the 2025 life expectancy calculation wasn’t included in the report since it’s still technically provisional data.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026
An earlier 12-day heatwave Hungary experienced in late June led to an estimated 304 excess deaths, climate data scientist Peter Szabo told AFP, using provisional mortality figures released earlier on Friday to calculate the number.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
Any physical theory is always provisional, in the sense that it is only a hypothesis: you can never prove it.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
Vocabulary lists containing provisional
The Unteachables
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The Dawes Act
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The Treaty of Paris (1783)
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