prolegomenon

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prolegomenon
Noun
  • Seven decades later, these ideas are mainstream in both Israeli and US discourse.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Born in 1950 and raised in Chicago, Morgan became one of the most respected voices in the study of language, identity, and the power of popular culture to shape social discourse.
    Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 3 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The eyeball test says BYU and Cincinnati are legit good, and Texas Tech belongs in that same discussion.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Oct. 2025
  • And this model of access, dependent on negotiation and renegotiation and repeated discussions about individual items, is neither sustainable nor capable of delivering aid at the scale that is needed.
    Anna Halford, Time, 25 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • These are Logan Paulsen and his wife Kelly’s rescue dogs, all different ages and sizes, all at the door of their comfortable northern Virginia home to greet his students for another day of film study and training.
    Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Although further studies – such as carbon dating – are needed to determine its exact age, the team estimated the crater’s formation period by analyzing its geological structure and the extent of erosion.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • This article has been updated with additional information.
    Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Betting/odds, ticketing and streaming links in this article are provided by partners of The Athletic.
    Data Skrive, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • In those moments, characters have good reason to accidentally reveal themselves, in a seamless way that a lot of exposition can’t get at.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Nov. 2025
  • In 2004, the Commercial Service invited American companies selling security technologies and equipment to show off their products at a Chinese security exposition.
    Byron Tau, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Whereas the play only obliquely references the character’s successful new novel, this version presents Eileen’s manuscript — co-written with her mousy lover Thea (Imogen Potts), a former schoolmate of Hedda’s — as a revelatory treatise on the future of human sexuality.
    Abby Monteil, Them., 28 Oct. 2025
  • For hundreds of years, physicians and scientists wrote treatises on its health benefits.
    Aleksandra Crapanzano, The Atlantic, 27 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Schwartz is the author of thirty books of fiction, essays, and poetry, including her novels Leaving Brooklyn, a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award, and Rough Strife, a finalist for the National Book Award.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Oct. 2025
  • This essay contains spoilers for the film A House of Dynamite.
    Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.
    Ryan Anderson, Arkansas Online, 4 Nov. 2025
  • These works invite active listening, just as Practical Criticism rewards the reader with an enhanced appreciation of the text.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Nov. 2025
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“Prolegomenon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prolegomenon. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.

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