as in preface
a short section (as of a book) that leads to or explains the main part
the editor makes some good points in the foreword about the author's life, so be sure to read it
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The book features a foreword by Del Toro and an introduction by Isaac, who plays Victor Frankenstein.
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Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
Published by Rizzoli, AD at Home is available online and in stores and includes 69 homes, with a foreword by Anna Wintour.
—Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 9 Sep. 2025
Knopf and her family had spent months working on the language for the foreword, written by Giuffre’s collaborator, the author and journalist, Amy Wallace.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
David Leopold wrote the illuminating text; Ben Brantley, the touching foreword; and Bernadette Peters, the introduction.
—Air Mail, 30 Aug. 2025
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Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
Published by Rizzoli, AD at Home is available online and in stores and includes 69 homes, with a foreword by Anna Wintour.
—Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 9 Sep. 2025
Knopf and her family had spent months working on the language for the foreword, written by Giuffre’s collaborator, the author and journalist, Amy Wallace.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
David Leopold wrote the illuminating text; Ben Brantley, the touching foreword; and Bernadette Peters, the introduction.
—Air Mail, 30 Aug. 2025
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Noun
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Prud’homme has ordered an archival binder and plans to create a preface that contextualizes Derome’s life alongside the artwork.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Sep. 2025
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At the same time, the Edinburgh publishers Oliver and Boyd brought out an anthology called The Door of Youth—A Selection of Poems from Edinburgh School Magazines, with a discouraging preface by John Buchan.—
Frances Wilson
September 23,
Literary Hub,
23 Sep. 2025
Noun
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What helped make desktop inkjets practical was the introduction of the very same cartridges that made ink so expensive.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
30 Sep. 2025
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It was also spurred by the introduction of the antipsychotic drug chlorpromazine in the 1950s; the 1963 Community Mental Health Act to fund a system of local mental health care centers; changes in Medicaid; and landmark court decisions and federal civil rights laws.—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN Money,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Foreword.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foreword. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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