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The phrase "a very preliminary" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to something that is in the initial stages or not fully developed yet.
Example: "This is a very preliminary report on our findings, and further analysis is needed."
Alternatives: "an initial" or "a basic".
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He cautioned that that was "a very preliminary estimate".
"It was a very preliminary conversation," one source involved told Reuters.
"There has only been a very preliminary test so far," said Andy Boach, a bureau spokesman.
Officials in Washington, however, said any possible sale was at a very preliminary stage.
Now — in a very preliminary finding — the Neanderthals are weighing in.
Tata said it "would like to emphasize that considerations are at a very preliminary stage".
Discussions are at a very preliminary stage and no approach has yet been made to the board of Babcock".
A subject of regular takeover speculation, the group has confirmed that its latest suitor had made a "very preliminary approach".
"A very preliminary look has not given us any red flags," said Margaret Forgione, the Manhattan borough commissioner of transportation.
When our turn came, my husband spoke briefly about how we were exploring things in a very preliminary way.
Though the idea is still in a very preliminary form, physicists are intrigued by the implication that reality may have started with just a single dimension: time.
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