Sentence examples for something preliminary from inspiring English sources

The unclassified talking points were written by the C.I.A. with input from other intelligence agencies so that members of Congress and senior officials could say something preliminary about the attacks; the points would be expected to be somewhat cautious, American officials said.

-8 50: Wait, ABC's got something preliminary with the candidates.

Perhaps Trump had learned something, however preliminary, from American intelligence, and took it upon himself to announce the information.

And they raised the prospect, without taking a position, that something as preliminary as Frank Lloyd Wright's sketches for the facade of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum might be the kind of expressive content entitled to copyright protection.

"I would use something like preliminary inquiry to describe our action because we just can't afford sit around and wait for something to happen".

It's not enough to present a product as a "maybe," something with preliminary data, that you might as well give a shot to.

Both partners in the ritual of experimental sex conceded that "dating" went something like this: preliminary talking and polite mutual inspection led to dancing, which often shifted into "necking," which — assuming continuous progress — concluded in the quasi-masturbation of "petting" on the family sofa, or, in more affluent circumstances, in the back seat of a car.

She realizes that her education has taught her little about people's feelings; at best, it would serve only as a preliminary to something that would continue the rest of her life.

There is something useful, as a preliminary move, about interpreting the fourfold as a combination of nature and culture, but it is an idea that must be handled with care.

While the efficacy of oxaliplatin is not in dispute, the degree of efficacy or efficiency of treatment is something yet unexplored outside this preliminary review.

"It's a little bit preliminary to talk about something like this at this point," said Nicholas Mitsis, a spokesman for Intelsat.