preliminary
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Earlier, during the preliminaries, someone had led the crowd in the Pledge of Allegiance—first to the American flag, then to the state of Texas.
Luce said the decision was not just public sentiment, but also informed by a preliminary economic impact assessment he had been given.
From BBC
Holtz's study, "Bringing up baby: preliminary exploration of the effect of ontogenetic niche partitioning in dinosaurs versus long-term maternal care in mammals in their respective ecosystems," was published in the Italian Journal of Geosciences.
From Science Daily
The company first received a preliminary, all-cash proposal on Jan. 14, which was rejected on the basis of it undervaluing Senior and its future prospects.
In a January update of preliminary results, Shake Shack said comparable sales increased 2.1% from the year-ago period in the fourth quarter.
From Barron's
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