preliminary study
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A preliminary study involving people with diabetes has found a possible link between the use of glucose-lowering GLP-1 drugs and a reduced chance of developing epilepsy.
From Science Daily • Dec. 13, 2025
The Yale study’s authors defend their decision to post the preprint online even as a preliminary study of post-vaccine medical conditions.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2025
In a preliminary study of two dozen workers, the language bot had helped them finish two hours’ worth of tasks in 20 minutes.
From New York Times • Dec. 28, 2023
"We are still in the preliminary study stage and whether we will join the project depends on the outcome of the studies," he said, adding the company is also scrutinizing a few other projects.
From Reuters • Nov. 16, 2023
The location of new towns in some cases has been based on this kind of preliminary study.
From The Economic Aspect of Geology by Leith, C. K. (Charles Kenneth)
