as in prelude
a performance, activity, or event that precedes and sets the stage for the main event
the parade down Main Street served as the overture for a weekend of fun and festivities
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With less than 35 days until the election, the Harris campaign is working to make overtures to the undecided and still persuadable GOP-leaning voters who could decide what will likely be a razor-thin election.
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Erin Doherty, Axios, 3 Oct. 2024
That’s a view many crypto investors are coming to accept, as the wave of optimism spurred by former President Donald Trump’s pro-crypto overtures this summer starts to recede.
—Tanaya MacHeel, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2024
China, which overtook the U.S. as Africa’s largest trading partner in 2009, has been intensifying its overtures toward the continent, approving $4.61 billion in loans last year in the first annual increase since 2016.
—Janis MacKey Frayer, NBC News, 5 Sep. 2024
Hash price continues to go down, and your stock price, along with other pure-play miners, has trailed that of Bitcoin and some of the other smaller miners that have made more direct overtures towards AI.
—Steven Ehrlich, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
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Erin Doherty, Axios, 3 Oct. 2024
That’s a view many crypto investors are coming to accept, as the wave of optimism spurred by former President Donald Trump’s pro-crypto overtures this summer starts to recede.
—Tanaya MacHeel, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2024
China, which overtook the U.S. as Africa’s largest trading partner in 2009, has been intensifying its overtures toward the continent, approving $4.61 billion in loans last year in the first annual increase since 2016.
—Janis MacKey Frayer, NBC News, 5 Sep. 2024
Hash price continues to go down, and your stock price, along with other pure-play miners, has trailed that of Bitcoin and some of the other smaller miners that have made more direct overtures towards AI.
—Steven Ehrlich, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
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“Overture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overture. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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