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According to preliminary data, there were 945 advancing issues and 1779 declining issues on the NYSE.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
A preliminary investigation “has not indicated any signs of foul play or suspicious circumstances,” the statement reads.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
BBC Sport understands that there have been preliminary discussions between the three confederations over breakaway competitions, should Infantino remain in situ.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
The outlet reported the two sides met recently to discuss the probe’s preliminary findings as well as a resolution, but no agreement has been reached.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
In all previous Olympic rowing competitions, he pointed out, preliminary heats as well as finals had been limited to four boats.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
Nine university students entered the preliminaries this year, wrestling bulls weighing hundreds of kilograms and sporting hard, stubby horns.
From Barron's ● Jun. 28, 2026
Renoir stopped making preparatory studies between 1865 and 1875 when, like his Impressionist colleagues Claude Monet, Alfred Sisley and Camille Pissarro, he worked directly from the motif, without preliminaries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 20, 2025
It’s time to start reaching peak form when the preliminaries will take place on Thursday at Birmingham High in preparation for next Thursday’s finals at the same venue.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2025
Aside from the bartender, there was only one person actually braving the record-breaking 110-degree heat on the roof and watching UFC preliminaries on the wall-mounted TV: a gregarious, stocky, bespectacled older man named Mike.
From Slate ● Oct. 31, 2024
The worry came from what would happen after the preliminaries.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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