foreword
noun
fore·word
ˈfȯr-(ˌ)wərd 
: prefatory comments (as for a book) especially when written by someone other than the author
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the editor makes some good points in the foreword about the author's life, so be sure to read it
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That was Bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes — who wrote the foreword to Rosen's book.
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Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 3 Dec. 2024
After designing interiors for Michelle Obama and Shonda Rhimes—the latter wrote the foreword to this book—he was appointed by President Obama to serve on the Committee for the Preservation of the White House in 2010.
—Maya Ibbitson, Architectural Digest, 4 Nov. 2024
The collection also comes with a coffee-table sized book of liner notes by Vivien Goldman, a foreword by Elton John and remembrances from Calello, Jackson Browne, Clive Davis, Lou Adler, John Sebastian and others.
—Gary Graff, Billboard, 9 Dec. 2024
And, of course, there is also Gerald Ford's pardon of Richard Nixon as a means of moving the country foreword after the ravages of Watergate.
—Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
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Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 3 Dec. 2024
After designing interiors for Michelle Obama and Shonda Rhimes—the latter wrote the foreword to this book—he was appointed by President Obama to serve on the Committee for the Preservation of the White House in 2010.
—Maya Ibbitson, Architectural Digest, 4 Nov. 2024
The collection also comes with a coffee-table sized book of liner notes by Vivien Goldman, a foreword by Elton John and remembrances from Calello, Jackson Browne, Clive Davis, Lou Adler, John Sebastian and others.
—Gary Graff, Billboard, 9 Dec. 2024
And, of course, there is also Gerald Ford's pardon of Richard Nixon as a means of moving the country foreword after the ravages of Watergate.
—Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
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“Foreword.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foreword. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.
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foreword
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fore·word
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