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Recent Examples of lead-in
Of course, the return on your primetime investment depends on whether or not Fox’s cartoon juggernaut—now entering its 37th season, The Simpsons passed Gunsmoke as the longest-running American scripted series seven years ago—was the beneficiary of a big NFL lead-in.
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 26 Aug. 2025
With a lead-in from The O.C. and a cast including future stars Dave Annable and Chyler Leigh, it was poised to be one of the 2005–06 TV season's greatest mysteries.
—James Mercadante, EW.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Of course, the lead-in shows were getting 30 and 40 million, which was a big part of it.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 18 Aug. 2025
America’s Funniest Home Videos returns Sunday, Sept. 28 as a lead-in to the broadcast premiere of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 17 July 2025
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 26 Aug. 2025
With a lead-in from The O.C. and a cast including future stars Dave Annable and Chyler Leigh, it was poised to be one of the 2005–06 TV season's greatest mysteries.
—James Mercadante, EW.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Of course, the lead-in shows were getting 30 and 40 million, which was a big part of it.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 18 Aug. 2025
America’s Funniest Home Videos returns Sunday, Sept. 28 as a lead-in to the broadcast premiere of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 17 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lead-in
Noun
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Galvin’s spokesperson said the issue was not related with the city’s administration of the preliminary.—
Lance Reynolds,
Boston Herald,
9 Sep. 2025
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The sheriff's office preliminary determined that the body belonged to the missing teenager.—
Jenna Sundel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Since then, Moscow has expanded its drone and missile attacks on Ukrainian cities, while seemingly ignoring his overtures for further dialogue to end the conflict.—
Matthew Bodner,
NBC news,
25 Sep. 2025
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Lee has made peace overtures since taking office in June, saying dialog with Pyongyang was necessary, and has proposed steps to build confidence and eventually end the North’s nuclear program.—
Reuters,
CNN Money,
22 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The whole ordeal ended badly — which Powell said was a prelude for what was to come next.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
PEOPLE,
25 Sep. 2025
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Stepping into one of Arizona's oldest hotels might feel like time traveling to a different era, following the footsteps of famous figures from the past, or a prelude to encountering a ghost.—
Michael Salerno,
AZCentral.com,
24 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Yet Lupino brings such intensity and anger to her performance that the film’s register shifts into something far darker — so dark, in fact, that a prologue and epilogue Jack Warner insisted be added to make the movie more glamorous focus on a suicide attempt!—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
25 Sep. 2025
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Deadline confirmed last month that WBD subsidiary New Line Cinema was having early discussions surrounding a prologue film.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
22 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Held inside the famed Ross House in Mt. Olympus, around 80 AMPAS voters and others across a number of guilds were welcomed personally by Roberts and Penn — also a Manas EP — with an emotional preamble to the film.—
Stacey Wilson Hunt,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Sep. 2025
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If this preamble put the audience in a headspace to reflect on the mortality of this legendary performer, The Christophers kept them there.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Lead-in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lead-in. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.
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