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How to use the word Preliminary in a Sentence? Page #2

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Preliminary information suggests there was a brief pursuit. The officers attempted to initiate a traffic stop. The suspect did not stop.

Houston Police Commander Michael Collins

Found on CNN
2 years ago

After receiving the request from Joliet's mayor and city officials, my office began a preliminary review of Joliet Police Department records and other information, it is clear that a formal investigation is needed to look at whether the department has engaged in patterns or practices of unlawful or unconstitutional policing.

Kwame Raoul

Found on CNN
2 years ago

There's a very low burden at a preliminary hearing and apparently the judge believes the prosecution met it.

Harold Mesick

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Complaints that Court ruled on Texas law in ‘shadow docket’ can't be taken seriously, as it's abortion providers who pressed for immediate action (after waiting 2-1/2 months to file motion for preliminary injunction), abortion providers failed to meet their burden on the ‘complex and novel antecedent procedural questions’ that their *pre-enforcement* challenge presents.

Ed Whelan

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Since BioNTech procures relatively few preliminary products from abroad, this is almost entirely domestic added value, so this has a direct impact on economic growth.

Sebastian Dullien

Found on Reuters
2 years ago

A preliminary report shows two males approached eastbound on the sidewalk on the north side of 37th Avenue from 97th Street while brandishing firearms, the shooters advanced toward the crowd, firing numerous shots before jumping back on two scooters driven by two other males and fleeing the scene.

Galen Frierson

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We do not yet know for sure the size of meteor. It could be a rock weighing a few hundred kilograms, but we only expect a small part of this body to have reached the ground, our preliminary analysis suggests that it entered Earth's atmosphere at a speed of about 15 km/s( 9.3 miles per second) and it fragmented in a series of bright flashes between 35 and 25 km( 22 and 15.5 miles) above ground.

Steinar Midtskogen

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Preliminary data from a collection of states over the last six months suggest 99.5 % of deaths from Covid-19 in these states have occurred in unvaccinated people.

Rochelle Walensky

Found on CNN
2 years ago

You have the first republican to win down here in God knows how long, but there were only about 10,000 [voters], and based on the preliminary evidence, it was mostly older voters who tend to go conservative down here anyway, as opposed to the younger voters who might have swung the election in a different way had they shown up.

Andrew Smith

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

But there were only about 10,000 [voters], and based on the preliminary evidence, it was mostly older voters who tend to go conservative down here anyway, as opposed to the younger voters who might have swung the election in a different way had they shown up.

Andrew Smith

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We’re asking the court to side with our office and issue a preliminary injunction, which would require the Biden Administration to reinstate the Migrant Protection Protocols, my office will never back down from fighting human trafficking and ensuring that all six million Missourians are safe.

Eric Schmitt

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We have a responsibility to all stakeholders to bring clarity and resolve any outstanding questions from the SFSA’s preliminary assessment.

Chairman Johan Tjarnberg

Found on Reuters
2 years ago

According to Maccabi’s experts this is preliminary data but the numbers are very encouraging, maccabi reports that out of the 20 people infected, 50% suffer from chronic illnesses. All patients experienced a mild illness with symptoms including headaches, cough, weakness or fatigue. No-one was hospitalized or suffered from a fever above 38.5C. Most patients tested for COVID-19 due to exposure to a verified patient.

Israeli HMO Maccabi

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

The data so far is very preliminary, but it basically does raise the concern that there may be some impact on the vaccine.

Charles Chiu

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

The investigation is still preliminary, a lot of work still needs to be done, the complainants are cooperating and I'm confident that the investigators from the first precinct will make an arrest on this case sooner than later.

Rodney Harrison

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Our preliminary analyses shows that the figures drawn on the front of the counter, represent, at least in part, the food and drink that were sold there.

Valeria Amoretti

Found on CNN
3 years ago

I accept that there is some preliminary activity that suggests that Some Kremlin-linked actors might try again, it wouldn't surprise me if Russia tries something again of the same general genre before.

Richard Burr

Found on CNN
3 years ago

I accept that there is some preliminary activity that suggests that United States might try again, it wouldn't surprise me if Russia tries something again of the same general genre before.

Bill Barr

Found on CNN
3 years ago

I accept that there is some preliminary activity that suggests that they might try again, it wouldn't surprise me if Russia tries something again of the same general genre before.

Attorney General Bill Barr

Found on CNN
3 years ago

The preliminary investigation revealed the suspect was upset the female was not maintaining proper social distancing, so the suspect removed her face mask, got close to the babys face, and coughed 2-3 times.

San Jose

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

But the preliminary data that we've seen... still indicates to me, a degree that I can have a certain amount of cautious optimism -- namely, it's inducing a response in individuals to a level that would predict that there's a good chance that it might protect.

Anthony Fauci

Found on CNN
3 years ago

They informed us about the preliminary results, which they have gone to the press with. We await to see the final data analysis and the publication that's going to come out of it and certainly our committee will be considering these results as we go on, however, they are two distinct trials, with their own protocols, their own oversight committees and therefore we will continue for now and our committee will consider the data as it becomes available.

Soumya Swaminathan

Found on CNN
3 years ago

I don't want to draw sweeping conclusions from a small study, but this preliminary glimpse into how Covid-19 might cause changes in the placenta carries some pretty significant implications for the health of a pregnancy, we must discuss whether we should change how we monitor pregnant women right now.

Emily Miller

Found on CNN
3 years ago

We will consider this the preliminary stage of economic reengagement, if we continue to see our numbers decline, we can responsibly consider additional steps we can take. If we see an increase, we may have to be nimble enough to go backward on occasion.

Friday Whitmer

Found on CNN
4 years ago

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