The phrase "an initial gain" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a preliminary increase or advantage in a particular context, such as business, finance, or research.
Example: "After implementing the new strategy, we observed an initial gain in customer engagement metrics."
Alternatives: "a preliminary advantage" or "an early benefit."
A technical glitch delayed Facebook's market debut by half an hour on Friday and many orders were delayed subsequently, costing some investors and traders big losses as the stock price dropped after an initial gain.
Mylan and Bresch defected for an initial gain of 4percentt on Mylan's tax rate, according to Bresch herself, with the expectation that this advantage will roughly double in future years.
If you are doing strength training during your weight loss (which you should be), you might actually see an initial gain in weight.
But Hagger points out that 'charges may soon eat away any initial gain.
This means that any initial gains as a result of the training will not have been recorded and may have eroded over time.
Similar to genetic variance, all selection criteria also showed a faster initial gain, a higher peak and a faster final loss in the accuracy when the number of QTL was lower.
After a slight initial gain, expression in MRC-5 cells declined strongly between PD 46 and PD 64.
Consequently, JW increased R s by 14.2%, and DW further increased R s by 16.9 (RR_wD0.2) to 22.1% (RR_wD0.05), but at a cost of lower initial gain.
Participation of CY providers did not fluctuate in Surendranagar as much as it did in the other two districts, resulting in an overall lower availability after initial gain compared with other districts.
The effect of exercise intensity in the cytolytic activity of NK cells seems to present a dual-phase effect, with initial gain followed by delayed suppression [ 20, 21].
Patients who received repaglinide had an initial significant gain of 0.53 ± 0.19 BMI units within the first 6 months of therapy (P = 0.01).
