Both the Focus and BMW investigations are called preliminary evaluations.
One provision relates to the serving of what are called "preliminary decision notices".
The F.T.C.'s report, which it calls preliminary, is only a first step toward better privacy protection.
The agency plans to use the results, which it called preliminary, in designing new or better ways to catch tax cheats.
The sides held what were called preliminary discussions, and the Yankees told Boras that they believe Cano is one of the best players in baseball.
Once the concept is defined, validated, and approved for promotion to final design effort, the project moves into an initial detailed definition mode called preliminary detailed design.
But several networks reported what are called preliminary "fast national" ratings for the prime-time hours on Tuesday night, and the cable news networks had preliminary figures from most of the country's 50 biggest cities.
The Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation is called "preliminary" because it was framed as a warning to rebels, a threat to take action by a certain date if they refused to lay down their arms.
Enhancement reagents and field tests, also called preliminary screening tests, provide valuable assistance in crime scene searching and the locating of biological physical evidence not readily seen as part of the preliminary scene survey.
Project manager Ben Osemenam called preliminary results from the experiment "very positive," and says the MnDOT is gearing up to test the system at crossings that don't have lights.
Backus and his team published a paper in 1954 called "Preliminary Report, Specifications for the IBM Mathematical FORmula TRANslating System, FORTRAN". It would take them two years to complete the language's compiler, which was provided with each IBM 704 installation.
