Examples of prelim in a Sentence
a medical assistant had done all of the prelim work before the physician even walked into the examining room
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The steeplechase prelims are scheduled for 5:38 p.m. Thursday, June 12.
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Rachel Roberts, Idaho Statesman, 10 June 2025
The prelims will feature bouts between Bruno Silva (14-6-2) and Joshua Van (13-2), Azamat Murzakanov (14-0) and Brendson Ribeiro (17-7), Serghei Spivac (17-5) and Waldo Cortes-Acosta (13-1), as well as Khaos Williams (15-4) and Andreas Gustafsson (11-2).
—Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 June 2025
Sitting in the Birmingham High bleachers wearing headphones before running the 400 meters at the City Section track and field prelims, 17-year-old senior Nathan Santa Cruz looks like a teenager comfortable and confident.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2025
Jaden Jefferson, De La Salle track and field: Jefferson set the state record in the 100 with a 10.01 finish in the prelims at the CIF track and field championships.
—Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 2 June 2025
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Rachel Roberts, Idaho Statesman, 10 June 2025
The prelims will feature bouts between Bruno Silva (14-6-2) and Joshua Van (13-2), Azamat Murzakanov (14-0) and Brendson Ribeiro (17-7), Serghei Spivac (17-5) and Waldo Cortes-Acosta (13-1), as well as Khaos Williams (15-4) and Andreas Gustafsson (11-2).
—Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 June 2025
Sitting in the Birmingham High bleachers wearing headphones before running the 400 meters at the City Section track and field prelims, 17-year-old senior Nathan Santa Cruz looks like a teenager comfortable and confident.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2025
Jaden Jefferson, De La Salle track and field: Jefferson set the state record in the 100 with a 10.01 finish in the prelims at the CIF track and field championships.
—Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 2 June 2025
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“Prelim.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prelim. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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