Example Sentences

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Thankfully, the pain quickly improved, and my presurgery symptoms disappeared.

From Slate • Apr. 18, 2026

Middleton’s fastball velocity has returned to its presurgery form.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 4, 2020

Fund-raising in one’s community isn’t new, she told me—in fact, transplant clinics have long recommended presurgery bake sales and the like to make sure that a patient can afford recovery.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 24, 2019

Eight days after surgery, patients with right-knee replacements had 30% slower braking times, on average, compared with presurgery, while braking time was only 2% slower after left-knee replacements.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 21, 2015

He never regained the presurgery velocity and movement on his fastball.

From New York Times • Jul. 15, 2014