provisional
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The 29 players from the provisional roster who didn’t make the cut?
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026
In Europe, provisional inflation figures for May from individual eurozone countries and European Central Bank accounts will be watched after a string of recent data suggested that economic activity is faltering.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
The company and its union reached the provisional agreement late Wednesday after government-mediated talks, avoiding a planned 18-day strike due to start Thursday.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
Thomas Tuchel has submitted his provisional England squad for the World Cup, with Luke Shaw, Danny Welbeck and Alex Scott believed to be among the players named.
From BBC • May 12, 2026
Any physical theory is always provisional, in the sense that it is only a hypothesis: you can never prove it.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
Vocabulary lists containing provisional
The Unteachables
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The Dawes Act
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The Treaty of Paris (1783)
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