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Recent Examples of lead-in
This collaboration of two famous anime studios, Sunrise (Mobile Suit Gundam) and Khara (Evangelion, Shin Godzilla), is a lead-in film to a new TV series which will air later this spring.
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Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 2 Mar. 2025
Other partnerships this year inside heavy promotion during ESPN’s coverage of the NBA on ABC earlier in the day, as a lead-in to Oscar night, and the return of ESPN’s Oscars Pick ‘Em game.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 27 Feb. 2025
That kind of potential lead-in boost is not possible with streaming partners.
—Luke Smith, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025
As the lead-in to headliners Red Clay Strays, 49 Winchester were a hard act to follow, with singer Isaac Gibson stomping about the stage while showing off the wide range of emotion in his voice.
—Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 30 Jan. 2025
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Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 2 Mar. 2025
Other partnerships this year inside heavy promotion during ESPN’s coverage of the NBA on ABC earlier in the day, as a lead-in to Oscar night, and the return of ESPN’s Oscars Pick ‘Em game.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 27 Feb. 2025
That kind of potential lead-in boost is not possible with streaming partners.
—Luke Smith, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025
As the lead-in to headliners Red Clay Strays, 49 Winchester were a hard act to follow, with singer Isaac Gibson stomping about the stage while showing off the wide range of emotion in his voice.
—Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 30 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lead-in
Noun
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Late preliminaries available on ESPN+, ESPN, Disney+, and ESPN Deportes at 8 p.m. ET.—
Jim Varsallone,
Miami Herald,
9 Apr. 2025
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While the diving kicked off Thursday, the swimming gets underway with preliminaries on Friday, with the finals for both swimming and diving slated for Saturday.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
6 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Reaction to Trump overtures Reactions to Trump from Greenlanders have shifted over time.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
18 Apr. 2025
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In #diplomacy any such shifting (pushed by hawks who fail to grasp the logic/art of commonsensical deal-making) could simply risk any overtures falling apart.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The city’s live music series, presented by the Downtown Sacramento Partnership, is a prelude to summer, bringing Sacramento natives and visitors together to celebrate and support the local talent produced in Sacramento.—
Marcus D. Smith,
Sacbee.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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This investigation is a likely prelude to Trump’s tariffs to come.—
Nathaniel Weixel,
The Hill,
14 Apr. 2025
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If past is prologue, those folks will be paying their fair share somewhere else.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
31 Mar. 2025
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Read on for an exclusive excerpt from the prologue of The Secret Book Society. London, England June 1895 Clara Chambers, the Countess of Duxbury, entered her drawing room and considered the urchin who’d demanded to be seen at once.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
People.com,
14 Mar. 2025
Noun
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In practice, this means presenting your recommendations first, without a long preamble.—
Charles Fallon,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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Congress first passed the amendment in 1972 with a 7-year ratification deadline in its preamble (The deadline was extended by three years).—
April Rubin,
Axios,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Lead-in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lead-in. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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