provisional
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New Zealand's former world champion Joseph Parker is seeking a return after his provisional doping suspension was lifted in August.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
Last February, the two sides reached a provisional agreement aimed at reducing US tariffs on Indian products.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
New orders, a key indicator of future business activity, were down 10.6 percent from a month earlier due to a drop in large-scale domestic orders, according to provisional data from statistics agency Destatis.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
The provisional ban requires approval from the Brazilian Congress to remain in effect after an initial 120-day period.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 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
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