provisional

• The second and third of these letters were evidently provisional, and only to be produced, if, on examination, there should appear such delinquency on the part of Columbus and his brothers as to warrant their being divested of command. —  The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Vol. II)
• It will be remembered that Marie de Medicis left the capital under a pledge from her son himself that she was at perfect liberty to change her place of abode whenever she should deem it expedient to do so; and that her sojourn at Blois was merely provisional, and intended as a temporary measure, to enable her to establish herself more commodiously in her own castle of Monceaux. —  The Life of Marie de Medicis, Vol. 3
• If no additional Golden A teams are eligible for a provisional, the position will go to the next eligible team based on the final —  Inside Track Breaking News Blog
• Winston-Salem State is still classified as a provisional and transitional member of the FCS and does not count in the MEAC standings. —  News & Record Article Feed
• The fact that I haven't really seen this picked up and run with by any other theorist probably says more about the necessity of this conceptualization than any critique I could make, but I was rather taken aback by Anderson's out-of-nowhere faith in mere prefixes as a tool-no matter how "provisional" - for arranging the most crucial terms of a terribly complex —  The Valve

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