How to Use prelim in a Sentence

prelim

noun or adjective

• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• She is also entered in the 200, with prelims scheduled for Saturday evening.
  — Lindsay Schnell, USA TODAY, 8 July 2023
• Error 0: At 1:30, the running prelims kick off and it gets started with the distance medley relay finals.
  — Robert Avery, Houston Chronicle, 13 Feb. 2020
• Ackera Nugent of Arkansas claimed the college record of 7.72 while winning her prelim.
  — Ken Goe For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 10 Mar. 2023
• The section’s swimming prelims and championships will be held April 30 through May 4 at the two-pool complex that features stadium-style seating.
  — Dan Albano, Orange County Register, 16 Feb. 2024
• Qualifying was completed this past weekend at four sites for the prelims.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2024
• Eckstrom strives to make sure that each prelim is competitive and attracts top performers.
  — Laura Latzko, The Arizona Republic, 15 June 2022
• Richardson will also compete in prelims for the women’s 200-meter dash Saturday evening.
  — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 7 July 2023

Last Updated: 1 Sep 2024