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prolegomenon

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Definition of prolegomenon

as in discourse

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Democratic socialists were largely confined to the outer edges of political discourse.

— Steven Sloan, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026
But then the season ended, and then there were midterms, and then the semester came to a close, resetting the discourse until the next football column appears.

— Jesse Dougherty, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of discourse

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One thoughtful question could turn a confusing discussion into a conversation people can genuinely learn from.

— Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 12 Sep. 2026
The vigils, which drew tens of thousands of people a year, were the only large-scale public commemoration on Chinese soil of the Tiananmen crackdown, discussion of which is heavily censored in mainland China.

— Jennifer Jett, NBC news, 11 Sep. 2026

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The incidence of colorectal cancer in particular has increased among younger people in recent years, other studies have found.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Sep. 2026
Extra film study, longer hours in the weight room, more questions asked in meetings, coming to practice hoping to get better at one thing each day entering his final year — the way the Iowa greats before him did it.

— Colton Pouncy, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

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Another user also criticized the company in a Microsoft Learn article, and pointed to Harry Potter author JK Rowling and her controversial views on transgender people.

— Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 8 Sep. 2026
Sean Pavone | Istock | Getty Images A version of this article first appeared in the CNBC Property Play newsletter with Diana Olick.

— Diana Olick, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2026

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This brings us to an interminable exposition dump that accounts for more than a quarter of this episode’s runtime and includes multiple flashbacks.

— Chris Klimek, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2026
An exposition-heavy meal with her two adult children, Molly (Pamela Anderson) and Ron (Murray Bartlett), reveals how little anyone expects of this recently widowed Chicago woman.

— Marshall Shaffer, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of exposition

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It is widely regarded as one of the most influential treatises on warfare ever written.

— Ethan Teekah, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Sep. 2026
In his treatise, Ohno hypothesized that all vertebrate genomes contained evidence of an ancient genome duplication event.

— Carrie Arnold Contributing, Quanta Magazine, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of treatise

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The center of the essay is a list of standards Berry applies to technology.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
China’s minister of state security wrote in a weekend essay that AI posed six principal risks from his perspective, including threatening the security of the country’s political regime, digital infrastructure, public order, and national defense.

— Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of essay

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Then the user is instructed to copy the text and paste it into the Windows Run, PowerShell, or macOS terminal and click Enter.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026
The text is written on parchment made from sheep, fleeced, their hides soaked in lime, stretched and dried.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026

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