as in preface
a short section (as of a book) that leads to or explains the main part in his exordium the author warns his readers that they should expect a radically different interpretation of the causes of the war

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Noun
  • Writing on the seventieth anniversary of the war’s end, in the preface to his magisterial The German War (2015), Oxford’s Nicholas Stargardt described the book’s genesis a decade earlier, in 2005.
    Chris Doyle, Hartford Courant, 2 Apr. 2025
  • As for Dickinson, his starring roles in Babygirl, The Iron Claw, and Triangle of Sadness preface his take on John Lennon.
    Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 1 Apr. 2025
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  • What followed was a proper introduction to Clairo, highlighting her support of Gaza and women’s rights.
    Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 13 Apr. 2025
  • Their extinctions underscore the dangers of overexploitation, habitat destruction and the introduction of non-native species to ecosystems that had previously been relatively isolated.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 12 Apr. 2025
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  • Construction Nudes 1981-1985 is designed by Sean Adams and edited by Frank Rodriguez with a foreword by Lucas Museum of Narrative Art curator Ryan Linkof, Ph.D.
    Lee Sharrock, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Zucker kicked things off in the book’s foreword writing about seeing and collecting pointed diamonds from the 15th century and earlier — a point that helped Fasel to unlock a myth that engagement rings are an invention of the 20th century.
    Thomas Waller, WWD, 16 Dec. 2024
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“Exordium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exordium. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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