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Discover LudwigThe word 'pre-opening' is correct and can be used in written English.
It refers to the time period before the official opening of something, such as a new business, event, or attraction. Example: The restaurant held a pre-opening event for invited guests to taste their menu and provide feedback before their official opening next week.
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Sign observed in the window of a brandnew specialty shop on Madison Avenue: PRE-OPENING CLEARANCE SALE.
After plenty of mid-production and pre-opening hoopla, "Gone Girl's" box office was undoubtedly solid upon opening this weekend.
Writer made a pre-opening visit and got a tour.
Writer and the old curmudgeon attended a pre-opening.
"It's like Bungalow, but not quite," one guest squealed at a pre-opening.
Expenses for the first year are estimated at $1.1 million, plus $400,000 in pre-opening costs.
In a desperate effort to offend as few people as possible, a pre-opening opening was held on Nov. 4th.
In a season dense with pre-opening gossip and gremlins, "Taboo" has held its own in commanding unwelcome attention.
Pre-opening, the lights were off, and some business types sat around name-dropping and talking deals.
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At least half a dozen Broadway productions are in previews now or will be next month, and none of the others are offering special pre-opening-night prices.
By Geoffrey T. Hellman The New Yorker, October 18 , 1947P. 27 Talk: Visit to the pre-opening-day celebration of Washington Irving's house as a museum.
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