preliminary
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Latest preliminary results give Tisza 136 seats, down from an earlier figure of 138 but still a comfortable "super majority" of two-thirds of the seats in parliament, enabling the party to change the constitution.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
Djibouti's President Ismail Omar Guelleh has won an election with 97.8% of the vote, keeping him at the helm of the strategically-placed Horn of Africa nation for a sixth term, preliminary official results show.
From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026
Earlier this year, he was granted bail ahead of a preliminary hearing in April.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
Johnson’s estimates are still preliminary and likely to change with future inflation readings.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
Quantitative data should also be assembled to test my preliminary calculations suggesting differing rates of diffusion along the major axes of Eurasia, the Americas, and Africa.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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