How to Use prelim in a Sentence
prelim
noun or adjective-
Six up-and-coming competitors will advance from prelims to take part in the main event.
— Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 5 Sep. 2024 -
After finishing prelims on Saturday, Weggemann went back to the hotel and swapped her swimming cap for her mom hat.
— Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 2 Sep. 2024 -
Noah Lyles starts his quest for the Olympic 100 in the men’s prelims Saturday.
— Eddie Pells, Baltimore Sun, 22 June 2024 -
In the prelims, Rowe was within eight hundredths of a second off the mark.
— Glae Thien, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 May 2024 -
Shackell, who will join the Cal men’s swimming team in the fall, was the first swimmer out of the A-Final in the prelims.
— Indystar Sports, The Indianapolis Star, 28 June 2023 -
Held at the Stade de France, France’s largest stadium, the prelims will take place at 10:35 a.m.
— Caroline Tien, SELF, 1 Aug. 2024 -
Good evening, Here is a prelim draft image of the March 2 wet snowfall amts.
— Patricia Madej, Philly.com, 3 Mar. 2018 -
Fields lined up for her prelim, set herself at the line — and false started.
— Nathan Baird, cleveland, 23 Oct. 2020 -
The heavy hitters arrived with the final fight of the UFC 292 early prelims, and the crowd is loving it.
— Amin Touri, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2023 -
Pease asked his girls to swim fast for two days, dig deep and win both prelims and finals in order to have a chance.
— Alvaro Montano, Houston Chronicle, 7 Feb. 2018 -
First in my heat, but also first out of all the women in 200-meter prelims.
— Grace McCarty, SELF, 31 July 2024 -
Times for the early prelims, prelims and main fight card have yet to be announced.
— oregonlive, 9 Feb. 2020 -
In last year’s prelims, Hampton fell coming off the curve and finished eighth.
— Chris Meglio, Twin Cities, 8 June 2024 -
Washington's time stands as the third-fastest of prelims, while USC placed two runners in the final.
— Andrew Greif, OregonLive.com, 7 June 2018 -
The field events handed out several medals, while most of the track events on Thursday were prelims.
— oregonlive, 26 May 2023 -
She was beaten by a girl from Dallas by four seconds in the prelims but gave it her best shot in the final heat.
— Chris Hays, Orlando Sentinel, 1 July 2024 -
But, for better and for worse, where Martin shined this week was in Thursday’s prelims.
— Nikstreng, oregonlive, 27 May 2023 -
What’s happening today:Track and field has entered the chat with prelims and qualis all day!
— Rachel G Bowers, USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2024 -
Groen also went into the final with the second-fastest mark in the prelims, but dropped her time by three seconds in the final.
— Glenn Reeves, The Mercury News, 4 May 2024 -
The first prelim session, starting at 8 a.m., will be only girls.
— Buddy Collings, orlandosentinel.com, 24 Sep. 2020 -
The triple jump, however, is the biggest challenge as his best is 46-3 as a sophomore at the section prelims.
— Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2024 -
Rivera is not in the team's final lineup but competed in prelims and will win a medal if the team finishes top three.
— NBC News, 30 July 2024 -
Marshall also qualified for state in the long jump but scratched from Friday’s prelims in that event.
— Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2024 -
Since track is a sport of numbers, consider that this year was a bit behind last year when 17 boys and a whopping 29 girls advanced out of the prelims.
— Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 2023 -
The Spring Meet of Champions begins Friday with prelims at 1:30 p.m.
— Dan Albano, Orange County Register, 11 Apr. 2024 -
Up-and-coming breakers can register to compete in prelims that'll take place before the main event.
— Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 15 Aug. 2024 -
The Southern Section, where Godsey competes, ran last weekend after having the prelims the week before and the league meet the week before that.
— Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Nov. 2023 -
And here’s a report from the prelims featuring Culver City’s two 400 runners.
— Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2024 -
Richardson first posted a dominant time in the prelims of the women’s 100-meter dash on Thursday.
— Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 8 July 2023 -
Dijon Stanley of Granada Hills runs 46.57 at City prelims.
— Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2023
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