as in earlier
so as to precede something in order of time
the sick children were examined preliminarily by the nurse to determine if they had a rash
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Adverb
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While Trump did not build a physical library or a museum after his first term, a future library has money already committed toward it and a luxury jet waiting in the wings.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
26 May 2025 -
The retro futuristic games have been given TV series treatment, which Amazon has already renewed for two additional seasons.—
Barry Levitt,
Time,
26 May 2025
Adverb
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Severe thunderstorms are expected to develop through Sunday night, and winds from the weather pattern will shift eastward early in the week.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
19 May 2025
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Wes Anderson is talking about a surreal moment that occurs early in his latest film, The Phoenician Scheme, in which the protagonist, the ruthless international tycoon Zsa-Zsa Korda (Benicio del Toro), experiences a vision of the afterlife.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
18 May 2025
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“Preliminarily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preliminarily. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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