prolegomenon

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Noun
  • Art Kyiv describes itself as a cultural platform where artistic experience, public discourse and contemporary Ukrainian reality meet.
    ABC News, ABC News, 11 May 2026
  • Working in New York at the time, the author of Last Night in Brooklyn recalled edgy fun in public parks, livable working conditions in media, civil political discourse, and a robust, creative nightlife.
    Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 11 May 2026
Noun
  • Still, much of the public conversations around education centers on test scores and older students, leaving early childhood largely out of the discussion.
    Tina Dello Russo, Boston Herald, 10 May 2026
  • Through their discussions, and the essays and stories that they were assigned to write each week, Heidi came to know her students’ pain.
    Nicholas Dawidoff, New Yorker, 10 May 2026
Noun
  • An earlier study, published in the American Economic Journal, found that field-office closures led to a sixteen-per-cent decline in disability recipients in the surrounding areas.
    E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 7 May 2026
  • Two smaller studies presented at a meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research in April found survival benefits to giving daraxonrasib as part of first-line therapy.
    Erika Edwards, NBC news, 6 May 2026
Noun
  • Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.
    Andrew Blankstein, NBC news, 12 May 2026
  • The first author of the paper about the Spanish cluster, Vicente Descalzo, told STAT that after the articles were posted on the journal’s website, a doctor in Berlin contacted him to report that cases were being seen there as well.
    Helen Branswell, STAT, 11 May 2026
Noun
  • Their displacement, whether to touristed shorelines, museums, or expositions, effaced much of their meaning.
    Glenn Adamson, Artforum, 2 May 2026
  • Iowa State Fair — Mid-August The Iowa State Fair in Des Moines pulls in more than a million people each year and is one of the oldest and largest agricultural and industrial expositions in the country.
    Lauren Schuster, Charlotte Observer, 30 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The treatise reflects a time when Dara was translating Hindu texts and exploring their connections with Islamic mystical ideas.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Skyhorse has since published a dozen or so books by Kennedy, including a memoir and several more anti-vaccine treatises.
    Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Through their discussions, and the essays and stories that they were assigned to write each week, Heidi came to know her students’ pain.
    Nicholas Dawidoff, New Yorker, 10 May 2026
  • Hand Me Downs is a series, with a new essay appearing each day through Mother’s Day, celebrating the gifts—tangible and intangible—that our mothers give us.
    Chiara Barzini, Vogue, 9 May 2026
Noun
  • The juxtapositions of text and image, which strongly suggest the widening distance between mother and daughter, build in emotional and intellectual power over the film’s ninety-minute duration.
    Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 8 May 2026
  • The campaign tactic seems to resemble musician Charli XCX’s 2024 album, brat, complete with the same lime-green and black text that became synonymous with the sensation.
    Britta Miller, The Washington Examiner, 8 May 2026
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“Prolegomenon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prolegomenon. Accessed 12 May. 2026.

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