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initially

[ih-nish-uh-lee] / ɪˈnɪʃ ə li /
ADVERB
at first
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After months of legal wrangling, he was brought back to the U.S. to face newly brought human-smuggling charges and initially jailed in Tennessee.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Trump had initially formed a close bond with Modi, who thrilled Trump in his first term by inviting him to address a huge rally at a cricket stadium.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

He initially flagged this trend following the company’s third-quarter results in November, when the company reported $8.2 billion of nonmarketable equity securities.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

Gelof was initially called out, but the A’s won the challenge — and ultimately the game 3-2.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

Along with the crops, they were useful commodities in the marketplaces of each city in the trade networks initially established by the Toltecs.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz




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