preliminaries
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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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.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026
Aside from the bartender, there was only one person actually braving the record-breaking 110-degree heat on the roof and watching UFC preliminaries on the wall-mounted TV: a gregarious, stocky, bespectacled older man named Mike.
From Slate • Oct. 31, 2024
He focused instead on mental preparation, which might explain his confidence after the lackluster preliminaries.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 7, 2024
After a successful debut at Tokyo 2020, the skateboarding got under way in Paris with Britons Sky Brown and Lola Tambling competing in the women's park preliminaries.
From BBC • Aug. 6, 2024
After these preliminaries, we focused on the critical issues: the armed struggle, the ANC’s alliance with the Communist Party, the goal of majority rule, and the idea of racial reconciliation.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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