: a work (such as a novel or a play) whose story precedes that of an earlier work
Examples of prequel in a Sentence
His next film will be a prequel to last year's hit movie.
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Barry Jenkins’s best efforts to enliven the Lion King prequel, Mufasa, couldn’t prevent it from feeling like a capital-p Product.
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Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 19 Mar. 2025
The Boys prequel series Vought Rising, starring Jensen Ackles and Aya Cash, has added Will Hochman (Blue Bloods) in an undisclosed role, Variety reports.
—Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 19 Mar. 2025
In fact, the launch of Paramount+ came with a new film called Sponge on the Run and a prequel series called Kamp Koral.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2025
Perhaps the biggest controversy, though, started directly with Zegler, whose film credits include Steven Spielberg’s remake of West Side Story and a starring role in The Hunger Games prequel movie The Hunger Games: A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
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Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 19 Mar. 2025
The Boys prequel series Vought Rising, starring Jensen Ackles and Aya Cash, has added Will Hochman (Blue Bloods) in an undisclosed role, Variety reports.
—Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 19 Mar. 2025
In fact, the launch of Paramount+ came with a new film called Sponge on the Run and a prequel series called Kamp Koral.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2025
Perhaps the biggest controversy, though, started directly with Zegler, whose film credits include Steven Spielberg’s remake of West Side Story and a starring role in The Hunger Games prequel movie The Hunger Games: A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
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“Prequel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prequel. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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