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• n  a minor match preceding the main event
• n  an examination taken by graduate students to determine their fitness to continue

• A rivet-eyed, onetime prelim fighter from the Pennsylvania coal country, Palance (n Palahnuik) gave terrifying performances in Shane and Sudden Fear, has since become the .
• A prelim fighter is carried as a janitor.
• Sometimes the prelim boys put on a tougher fight than the main eventers, and last week Hubert Humphrey and William Miller were flailing about on all sides.

• preliminary
• preliminary examination
• preliminary exam

News & Articles

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• NTSB prelim. report says medical helicopter hit light pole
  NTSB prelim. report says medical helicopter hit light pole
  June 21, 2013 - FOX 11 Reno
• Miss Onalaska wins prelim award at Miss Wisconsin
  Miss Onalaska Madeline Anderson got off to a great start at the 2013 Miss Wisconsin Pageant on Wednesday, winning the Lifestyle and Fitness in Swimsuit Award in the first night of preliminary …
  June 21, 2013 - Onalaska Holmen Courier-Life
• Miss Onalaska wins Lifestyle and Fitness in Swimsuit prelim competition
  Miss Onalaska Madeline Joy Anderson won the Lifestyle and Fitness in Swimsuit preliminary competition at the 2013 Miss Wisconsin Pageant in Oshkosh Wednesday night.
  June 20, 2013 - WKBT La Crosse

Quotes

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• Michael Phelps in Centre Daily Times
  It's a prelim. Nothing really counts until finals,Phelps said. "I'll just try to set myself up for a good final and go from there."
• Ryan Lochte in International Herald Tribune
  Overall, that was a pretty good race,Lochte said. "That was my best morning - uhh, prelim swim - so I'm happy with it."
• Daniel Kerr in The West Australian
  If we are to play in a preliminary final to get into a grand final, I would imagine I would play with it,Kerr told Southern Cross radio. "Imagine not playing in the prelim and you lost by a point - I would be hanging off the Narrows...