The phrase "a preliminary indicator" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to an initial sign or signal that suggests a possible outcome or trend before further analysis or confirmation.
Example: "The preliminary indicator of economic growth suggests that the country may be recovering from the recession."
Alternatives: "an initial sign" or "a preliminary signal".
Research plots planted in 2013 and 2014 at the privately-owned farm near Alexandria Bay served as a preliminary indicator suggesting that late summer-planted oats are capable of producing high quality, high yielding forage.
This classification is linked to the typology of damming landslides and considered to be a preliminary indicator of dam stability.
The classification of landslide dams proposed in this study can be used as a preliminary indicator of dam stability.
These findings should be viewed as a preliminary indicator that SUV-based methods may be suitable for use in longitudinal studies in AD.
This resulting pattern could represent a preliminary indicator of potential competition between U. virgata (or perhaps other native grasses) and woody vegetation that could ultimately limit the ability of the grass to disperse in the long run, but investigating such a premise is beyond the scope of this study.
Thus, structure-based phylogeny can sometimes be used as a preliminary indicator of function of hypothetical proteins.
More generally, these results emphasize that the taxonomic distribution of best database hits can be taken only as a rough and preliminary indicator of HGT.
We first performed a literature search to assess which output of registries are considered as appropriate for preventive policy and to develop a set of preliminary indicators and corresponding criteria.
First, we performed a literature search to assess which output of registries can be considered appropriate for preventive policy and to develop a set of preliminary indicators and criteria.
The tools are intended to guide future improvements, investment and water sustainability [51] Urban Water Utility Sustainability Framework Initial results of U.S. urban water utility sustainability indicate that many of the preliminary indicators are closely connected to energy.
We developed the preliminary indicators and corresponding criteria in an iterative process by discussing the information we had retrieved from the literature.
