prolegomena

plural of prolegomenon

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for prolegomena
Noun
  • From the divisive barrel-leg and ultralow-rise styles to the return of skinny jeans, there has been no shortage of denim shapes to debate—and, in many cases, internet discourses to fuel.
    Christina Holevas, Vogue, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Pannakara’s discourses on mindfulness and kindness in churchyards, town squares and in front of the Lincoln Memorial drew large, diverse crowds.
    Deepa Bharath, Fortune, 17 July 2026
Noun
  • The lack of a real-time conversation means many patients aren’t getting the type of care recommended by medical societies that prescribe GLP-1s, including discussions about weight-loss goals, past efforts and eating disorders.
    ABC News, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026
  • But after that, with projections showing OCPS losing thousands more students over the next five years, closure discussions seem inevitable.
    Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The New York Times has a paywall for its articles, but ChatGPT can evade paying for a subscription.
    David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 18 Sep. 2026
  • During the month before her departure, Wong contracted with the New York Herald Tribune to write a series of articles about her journey through China.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Widespread scientific consensus and decades of studies have firmly concluded there is no link between vaccines and autism.
    Fatima Hussein, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Several preliminary assessments were done, said Susannah Campbell of BFW Engineering & Testing, including studies of the railyard’s soil, possible air pollution, and how much noise a new maintenance facility would create.
    Brian J. Rogal, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Flynn sent the texts just months before his wife Ashley, a beloved middle school volleyball coach, was fatally shot in the head inside their family’s suburban home in February, Watkins said.
    Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Eventually, their texts spilled over to their personal lives and families.
    Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Oscar Del Pozo | Afp | Getty Images People displaced by the forest fire find refuge at the Parc des expositions de Bordeaux, in Bordeaux, south-western France, on 27 July, 2026.
    Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 27 July 2026
  • However, that path could lead him away from the brand of expositions on erotic pleasures that sustain his fame and, more important, his fortune.
    Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 14 July 2026
Noun
  • This prompts Kyle, who has four dorters like Teresa, to share that Portia wrote her college essays about having no memories of life before the cameras, leaving her with guilt as a mother.
    Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Founded in 1902, the magazine was primarily devoted to art historical essays and reports on old master acquisitions, while dutifully neglecting new developments in its hometown of New York City.
    Jarrett Earnest, The New York Review of Books, 19 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • It is widely regarded as one of the most influential treatises on warfare ever written.
    Ethan Teekah, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Physiognomic treatises reappeared in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, then took off in the eighteenth and nineteenth.
    Cal Revely-Calder, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
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“Prolegomena.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prolegomena. Accessed 22 Sep. 2026.

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