as in preface
a short section (as of a book) that leads to or explains the main part
in his exordium the author warns his readers that they should expect a radically different interpretation of the causes of the war
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The volume collects work from the last decade, each with a brief preface from the author, giving us a puncture of the present into her words of the past.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Apr. 2026 -
The preface by historian Abul Fazl frames the work as a reconciliatory project.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
9 Apr. 2026
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Shortly thereafter, gaps between high and low performers began to grow at the national level, which many education scholars attribute both to the introduction of screens and the loosening of accountability.—
Abby McCloskey,
Twin Cities,
12 Apr. 2026
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An easy hiking introduction to this park is the roughly one-mile Rim Trail that meanders along the canyon’s edge.—
Anthony Fredericks,
Travel + Leisure,
12 Apr. 2026
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What’s a bigger flex than Kim Kardashian writing the foreword to your first book?—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
6 Apr. 2026
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Her most recent, Spent Light, a novel, will be published in the US with McNally Editions in October 2026 with a foreword by Teju Cole.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Apr. 2026
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The preview started with the game’s prologue event, an introductory affair Horizon players have come to expect.—
Adam Ismail,
The Drive,
8 Apr. 2026
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Anyone who watched The Handmaid’s Tale — and I’d wager that’s nearly everyone here — knows this, which is what makes its reiteration in the prologue to The Testaments so menacing.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
8 Apr. 2026
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