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Recent Examples of lead-in
The 12 Broadcast Shows Still on the Bubble Lopez vs. Lopez this season averaged 2.33 million total viewers (with delayed playback), right on par with last year but frittering away nearly half of its Happy’s Place lead-in.
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Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 9 May 2025
After a promising freshman run, the crime drama starring Jesse L. Martin fell off significantly in the ratings during its second season with comparable lead-ins, The Voice on Monday in Season 1 and The Voice on Tuesday in Season 2.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 9 May 2025
As for her lead-in, Stephen Colbert, talk of his future on the network seems to be on hold for another day.
—Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 7 May 2025
The Summit Season 1 averaged just 2.6 million total viewers — barely half of its Survivor lead-in.
—Nick Caruso, TVLine, 22 Apr. 2025
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Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 9 May 2025
After a promising freshman run, the crime drama starring Jesse L. Martin fell off significantly in the ratings during its second season with comparable lead-ins, The Voice on Monday in Season 1 and The Voice on Tuesday in Season 2.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 9 May 2025
As for her lead-in, Stephen Colbert, talk of his future on the network seems to be on hold for another day.
—Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 7 May 2025
The Summit Season 1 averaged just 2.6 million total viewers — barely half of its Survivor lead-in.
—Nick Caruso, TVLine, 22 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lead-in
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Today's listen Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images The Scripps National Spelling Bee is celebrating its 100th anniversary this week, with preliminaries kicking off last night.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
28 May 2025
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Sports High School Sports News See who qualified from Thursday's preliminaries for the CIFSS Division 1 finals on Saturday at Mt. SAC.—
Dan Albano,
Oc Register,
8 May 2025
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The revelation has prompted outrage in Colombia and concern abroad, especially given the apparent overtures to foreign politicians and the suggestion that criminal networks could play a role in the country’s leadership transition.—
Antonio Maria Delgado,
Miami Herald,
30 June 2025
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The person and his wife have now made several overtures toward reconciling with us.—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
20 June 2025
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Perhaps as a prelude to a settlement, Salem Media just issued another apology for allowing Colorado podcaster Joe Oltmann to voice false statements about Coomer on air.—
Krista Kafer,
Denver Post,
20 June 2025
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That latest dot plot carried preludes to stagflation—among the most catastrophic economic scenarios.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
18 June 2025
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Suffice to say that Boyle and Garland maintain their pop-cultural savvy to the end, and that none of their characters’ names—watch the prologue carefully—have been chosen idly.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
25 June 2025
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This occurs during a prologue in which a narrator describes the relationship between the blues and the spirit world.—
Bill Desowitz,
IndieWire,
20 Apr. 2025
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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.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
2 June 2025
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By naming adversaries explicitly in the policy preamble, the administration signals a shift toward greater transparency in threat acknowledgment and a hardening of posture.—
Emil Sayegh,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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“Lead-in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lead-in. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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