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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Noun
  • From the Luddites smashing looms in 19th-century England to autoworkers walking out over the introduction of robots to the factory floor in the 1980s, resistance has flared before either being crushed or subsiding, giving way to the new economies and social orders the technologies ushered in.
    Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
  • In his introduction video, Becerra says his priority is to make housing more affordable and reduce health care costs.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2025
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  • However, for co-founder Michiel Beers, who started the festival with his brother, Manu, in 2005, creating one of the largest music festivals was just the preface to his Tomorrowland story.
    Steve Baltin, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
  • In his preface to a new edition published in 1983, de Groot responded to readers who’d travelled to the valley and complained to the publisher that the auberge and its cooking were shockingly unlike the book’s descriptions.
    John Birdsall, New Yorker, 25 July 2025
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  • Japanese actress Megumi Odaka, who’s appeared in six Godzilla films, crafted a deeply personal foreword.
    Michael Taube, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The book features a foreword by Del Toro and an introduction by Isaac, who plays Victor Frankenstein.
    Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
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“Proem.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proem. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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