provisional
Example Sentences
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No provisional cause of death was given for the other family members.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
A provisional toll put the number of excess deaths between mid-June and mid-August at 32,000 across Europe.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
A generation is learning, before it can vote, that its account of its own life is provisional.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026
Iranian negotiators have held discussions with Oman in recent weeks over a provisional arrangement to manage shipping through the strait, but no tangible outcome has yet emerged.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
I’m not sure if it was for Tommy’s benefit, or for any onlookers’, but I’d kept my posture looking very provisional, and at one point made a move to carry on with my stroll.
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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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