Our guidance now says preheat is acceptable to refer to heating an oven to a specific temperature before cooking.

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Use lowercase for plurals: sizes 6 and 8, exits 4 and 5, acts 1 and 2, verses 2 and 9.
It’s Verse 1 but the first verse; Game 4 but the fourth game.
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For results that involve fewer than 1,000 votes on each side, use these forms: The House voted 222-209, a 222-209 vote.
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Look for additional guidance in the Stylebook's "firearms, guns, assault weapons" entry.

A bolt-action rifle has a manually operated handle on the barrel that opens and closes the breech, ejecting a spent round, loading another and cocking the weapon for triggering. It is popular for hunting and target-shooting. Some shotguns are bolt-action, as well.

Do not capitalize committee in shortened versions of long committee names: The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, for example, became the Senate banking committee.