as in introduction
a short section (as of a book) that leads to or explains the main part
the proem promises what the book does not deliver: a totally new interpretation of the French Revolution
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Despite the introduction of supposedly carbon-neutral fuel next year, hybrid powertrains are why companies like Audi and Cadillac are joining and why Honda is coming back.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
21 Apr. 2025 -
With kind permission from Cluny Media, the new introduction to Crawford’s Don Orsino (1892) ...—
Stephen Schmalhofer,
National Review,
20 Apr. 2025
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Writing on the seventieth anniversary of the war’s end, in the preface to his magisterial The German War (2015), Oxford’s Nicholas Stargardt described the book’s genesis a decade earlier, in 2005.—
Chris Doyle,
Hartford Courant,
2 Apr. 2025
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As for Dickinson, his starring roles in Babygirl, The Iron Claw, and Triangle of Sadness preface his take on John Lennon.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
1 Apr. 2025
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Looking back at his book, Feeling Seen, with a foreword written by former British Vogue editor-in-chief Edward Enningful, was another intentional reflection of his work.—
Kerane Marcellus,
Essence,
9 Apr. 2025
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Construction Nudes 1981-1985 is designed by Sean Adams and edited by Frank Rodriguez with a foreword by Lucas Museum of Narrative Art curator Ryan Linkof, Ph.D.—
Lee Sharrock,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
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“Proem.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proem. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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