as in introduction
a short section (as of a book) that leads to or explains the main part
in her intro the author offers rather precise definitions of some of the key words that she will be using throughout her book
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Recent Examples of intro
These preambles separate the wheat from the chaff in terms of Maron’s fans, though, which is the wheat and which is the chaff in skipping in the intros versus listening to them remains to be seen.
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Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 2 June 2025
This becomes your pitch, your about section, your podcast intro — your brand backbone.
—Rudy Mawer, Rolling Stone, 18 June 2025
Keith Richards’s guitar part, guttural and revving, meets St. Julien in the intro and builds steadily.
—Reya Hart, The Atlantic, 15 June 2025
There was no pre-match introductions, instead, Lillian Garcia performed the intros during each entrance.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 25 May 2025
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Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 2 June 2025
This becomes your pitch, your about section, your podcast intro — your brand backbone.
—Rudy Mawer, Rolling Stone, 18 June 2025
Keith Richards’s guitar part, guttural and revving, meets St. Julien in the intro and builds steadily.
—Reya Hart, The Atlantic, 15 June 2025
There was no pre-match introductions, instead, Lillian Garcia performed the intros during each entrance.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 25 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intro
Noun
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Asian lagers, a newer category, continue to increase in entrants since their introduction just two years ago.—
Erik Ofgang,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Key to England’s shift in momentum in the knockouts was the introduction of Birmingham City’s Jay Stansfield to the starting line-up.—
Art de Roché,
New York Times,
28 June 2025
Noun
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Recommended Stories The 2028 Democratic presidential field begins to take shape at a low point for the party Embarrassing displays of media blindness Trump tariffs: Bargaining tool or preface to a global trade war?—
Carson Becker,
The Washington Examiner,
28 Mar. 2025
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The funeral of Pope Francis: Even in death, Pope Francis is breaking with tradition for his funeral and burial Prior to his hospitalization, Pope Francis wrote about death in the preface of a book on old age by Italian Cardinal Angelo Scola.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2025
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Richard O’Brien, who wrote the musical stage show in 1973, wrote the foreword for the book.—
Tomás Mier,
Rolling Stone,
24 June 2025
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Kennedy wrote the foreword to Lies My Gov’t Told Me and wrote an endorsement for PsyWar, alleging that the same techniques that the Malones described shaped public reaction to the assassinations of his father and uncle.—
Tom Bartlett,
The Atlantic,
13 June 2025
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“Intro.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intro. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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