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These preforms, which look like plastic test tubes, are sold to brands and bottle manufacturers to be shaped into plastic bottles of the desired shape and size.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

Still, it must be exhausting to be Tom Cruise, who famously preforms his own stunts.

From New York Times • Jul. 11, 2023

The preforms arrive at Fillakit's warehouse in a huge shipping container.

From Salon • Jun. 21, 2020

The state officials say that these "preforms," which are designed to be expanded with heat and pressure into 2-liter soda bottles, don't fit the racks used in laboratory analysis of test samples.

From Salon • Jun. 21, 2020

The hymn has permeated the tune, and, without forgetting its own words, the Scotch melody preforms both a social and religious mission.

From The Story of the Hymns and Tunes by Brown, Theron