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lead-ins

noun

plural of lead-in

as in preliminaries

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But all of that was just the preliminaries for Grady Emerson.

— John Romano, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 July 2026
The meet continues Thursday, a day consisting largely of women’s preliminaries, followed by men’s finals Friday and women’s finals Saturday.

— Mike Wilson, New York Times, 11 June 2026

Definition of preliminaries

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Trump has alternated between threats and diplomatic overtures to get the job done, but the war is now approaching six months with no end in sight.

— Zac Anderson, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2026
The dispute was overcome only after Sánchez made overtures to Morocco, acknowledging its rule over the territory.

— Kelsey Norman, The Conversation, 5 Aug. 2026

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For those who have spent pre-season consuming Liverpool’s in-house media content, one of the recurring visible figures who has been leading the opening phases of training sessions and pre-match warm-ups is De la Torre.

— Andy Jones, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
As Summit players had passed through the southeast gate and into warm-ups, the crowd pushed closer to the barriers.

— Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 18 July 2026

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