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

While those programs, and similar ones currently under way in Los Angeles County, are for a general population, a preliminary study by one of the authors has found that homeless people also benefit.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2024

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

This in turn cannot be done without a preliminary study of science.

From A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy by Husik, Isaac