preliminary

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LA28 announced Tuesday the six U.S. stadiums that will host Olympic soccer group stage games while revealing a plan to have preliminary games move East to West to minimize travel demands.

From Los Angeles Times

A large preliminary study found that people diagnosed with CAA were about four times more likely to develop dementia within five years, even if they had never experienced a stroke.

From Science Daily

In mid-January, it signed a preliminary trade agreement with Beijing.

From Barron's

The University of Michigan’s preliminary consumer survey for February is due Friday.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Madam, control yourself! We cannot strike terror into the Archipelagic population on the basis of one preliminary hearing. There would be chaos.”

From Literature