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pre·lim·i·na·ry exam·i·na·tion

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  1. preliminary examination, preliminary exam, prelimnoun

    an examination taken by graduate students to determine their fitness to continue

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  1. preliminary examination

    A preliminary examination is an initial analysis or review of something, typically used to determine if further investigation, study, or legal proceedings are necessary. It often occurs before a formal or more detailed examination. In a legal context, a preliminary examination can refer to a hearing where a judge decides whether there is sufficient evidence for a criminal case to proceed to trial.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of preliminary examination in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of preliminary examination in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of preliminary examination in a Sentence

  1. Ion Bodrug:

    After a preliminary examination we realized we were talking about Uranium-238, an extremely dangerous radioactive substance used to make 'dirty' nuclear bombs.

  2. Fadwa Hammoud:

    Our reading is that the Court's opinion interprets the one-man grand jury process to require charges to be filed at the district court and include a preliminary examination. Our team is prepared to move forward through that process.

  3. Benjamin Netanyahu:

    Israel completely rejects the ICC prosecutor’s announcement about opening a preliminary examination on the basis of the outrageous request by the Palestinian Authority, the Palestinian Authority is not a country and therefore it is not the court’s place, also according to its own rules, to carry out an examination like this.

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