preliminaries
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Dispense with all preliminaries and give the Oscar to Ms. Coon right now.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
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
As the preliminaries drew to a close, Mike’s friends gradually started coming upstairs to join him.
From Slate ● Oct. 31, 2024
He focused instead on mental preparation, which might explain his confidence after the lackluster preliminaries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2024
Archie asked, getting down to business without preliminaries, keeping his voice flat and dry as the Sahara.
From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
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