How to Use preseason in a Sentence
preseason
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So how did the Guardian Cap fare in the 2023 preseason?
— James M. Smoliga, Dvm, Ars Technica, 10 Nov. 2023 -
The Nuggets were about to fly to Phoenix for a preseason game.
— Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 20 Apr. 2024 -
The last time the clubs played was a closed-door preseason match in 2021.
— The Enquirer, 25 Apr. 2023 -
The team has not slipped out of the Top 25 since that preseason poll.
— Kathy Laughlin, Sun Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2024 -
The Stars will then head back to North Texas to complete the rest of the preseason.
— Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 12 Sep. 2023 -
The Longhorns, the league’s preseason favorites, are the No. 2 seed.
— Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 3 Mar. 2024 -
The fall from that preseason hype has been steep — and swift.
— Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2023 -
The Jets’ next preseason game will be on Aug. 17 on the road against the Panthers.
— Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 10 Aug. 2024 -
The Dodgers played the Angels in the final preseason game.
— Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register, 3 Apr. 2024 -
And Prescott has not taken a snap in the preseason in the last four seasons.
— Clarence E. Hill Jr., Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 May 2024 -
Clark will play her first preseason game with the Fever on May 3 against the Dallas Wings.
— Natasha Dye, Peoplemag, 23 Apr. 2024 -
Silas announced the team’s one home preseason game against the Oakland A’s a few weeks ago.
— Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2024 -
In the preseason, Maryland was ranked No. 15 and picked to finish fourth in the Big Ten by the league’s head coaches.
— Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 3 Mar. 2023 -
Coker needs to thrive on special teams in the preseason to stick around.
— Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 16 May 2024 -
Both would be wise to avoid trying to make any tackles in the preseason, though.
— Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 12 Aug. 2024 -
The preseason polls were packed with familiar names at the top.
— Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2024 -
Duggan has had setbacks in preseason and is more on the fence than Bacharach.
— Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 12 Feb. 2024 -
The final score doesn't matter in preseason games of course, but the Titans did win 17-13.
— Nate Rau, Axios, 12 Aug. 2024 -
Devin Leary, a rookie sixth-round draft pick who struggled in the preseason, is on the practice squad.
— C.j. Doon, Baltimore Sun, 24 Nov. 2024 -
And this game, as simple as the plays might be as a preseason game, will continue that.
— Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2024 -
The team will also play against the Jacksonville Jaguars in its preseason kickoff game on Aug. 10.
— Charmaine Patterson, Peoplemag, 21 July 2024 -
His jersey began the preseason as the fourth-most popular and remained in the top 10 for the next 16 straight weeks of the season.
— Alex Leeds Matthews, CNN, 9 Feb. 2024 -
He was limited to non-contact work in the spring, but has been cleared 100% for preseason camp.
— Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 8 Aug. 2023 -
Uiagalelei beat him out for the job in preseason practice.
— Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Sep. 2023 -
There’s still lots of time before the Bills’ first preseason game comes on the schedule, though training camp will start at the end of July.
— Scott Thompson, Fox News, 7 June 2023 -
Pitt was picked 13th in the conference in the preseason media poll and SMU seventh.
— Eric Olson, The Denver Post, 27 Oct. 2024 -
Still, to get an NHL job right now, Musty will have to compete like crazy in preseason games and daily in practice.
— Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 15 Sep. 2024 -
The Heat also played a total of five preseason games this past season.
— Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 10 June 2024 -
The Bears kick off their three-game preseason schedule with a home game against the Tennessee Titans on Aug. 12.
— Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 17 July 2023 -
The preseason game in 2021 when two Washington defenders sandwiched him on a tackle and bent his knee and tore two ligaments.
— Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024
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