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a preview of vs the preview of

Both "a preview of" and "the preview of" are correct, but they are used in different contexts. "A preview of" is used when referring to a general or unspecified preview, while "the preview of" is used when referring to a specific or known preview.

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a preview of

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

Use "a preview of" when you want to refer to a general or unspecified preview of something.

Examples:

I got a preview of the new movie before its release.
She gave me a preview of the upcoming presentation.

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Cannot create a preview of an empty file list.
Displays a preview of what the printed document will look like.
Then Carol-Joan gave us a preview of the karaoke number.
This might be a preview of the next gold Olympic vault.
The last field displays a preview of your settings.
Display a preview of the images in the folder. This item is only available in Short View mode.
And if I'm not mistaken, you're about to see a preview of just the type of guys we will be mixing with.
This is a preview of a song you will be hearing very soon at my one-night-only Las Vegas residency.
This is a preview of theselected font. You can change it by clicking the "Choose..." button.
Displays a preview of pictures in chats
You can see a preview of the font you are choosing for the current cell.
When enabled, all paint tools will show a preview of the current brush's outline.
This picture of a monitor contains a preview of what the current settings will look like on your desktop.
Greece, you see, was only a preview of what is in store for us all.
Show a preview of how the currently displayed document would be printed with the default options.
For a preview of that program, here's the host, our boy, Marvin McFadden.
This is a preview of the"%1" font. You can change it by clicking the "Choose..." button.
I have a preview of the coming issue of the Croyden Lion just for you.
The truck goes in, it gets video, And then we get a preview of whatever's in there.
and here's a preview of some of the poets.

Alternatives:

a sneak peek of
an early look at
a glimpse of
a foretaste of
a preliminary view of

the preview of

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

Use "the preview of" when you want to refer to a specific or known preview of something.

Examples:

I watched the preview of the movie last night.
She showed me the preview of the new product.

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This is the preview of the distortion effect applied to the photograph.
This is the preview of the Raindrop effect. Note: if you have previously selected an area in the editor, this will be unaffected by the filter. You can use this method to disable the Raindrops effect on a human face, for example.
The preview of the selected image on the list.
Now comes the preview of the sensational film...
I think Christopher Columbus is just a little outside the preview of this committee doctor.
Now comes the preview of the sensational film... Scenes of love produced by Reiji Sakanishi.
For 2003, Budget credits are foreseen for EUR 46,5 million (Budget lines Bl-3800 and Bl-3810) and the preview of utilisation shows better results for this year.
In the preview of the Orientation Map Editor, all small arrows look like a flow around objects. Inside this flow, strokes may be placed in two different ways:
The preview of a page in the document to be printed
To return to the preview of your webcam, just push the button labelled Effects again. This will toggle the Effects menu and bring you back to the normal view.

Alternatives:

the sneak peek of
the early look at
the glimpse of
the foretaste of
the preliminary view of

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