Preflight

"Preflight" in a Sentence (2 examples)

a CORS preflight request

Between the preflight and postflight is the block, a rapid motion in which the gymnast’s hands hit the vault and she pushes herself off, converting the horizontal momentum from her sprint down the runway into vertical momentum.

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