prefacing

Recent Examples of Synonyms for prefacing
Adjective
  • As the author’s prefatory note indicates, the book centers on the discovery, in 2001, of an unidentified Black boy’s remains in the River Thames.
    Gboyega Odubanjo, The New Yorker, 24 June 2024
  • As Chin writes in a prefatory author’s note, her family’s history traveled down to her primarily via oral history.
    Rhoda Feng, Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2023
Adjective
  • Investigators searched the offices of U.S. streaming giant Netflix in France and the Netherlands on Tuesday as part of a preliminary investigation into tax fraud and money laundering, a French judicial source close to the investigation told NBC News.
    Nancy Ing, NBC News, 5 Nov. 2024
  • In France, a preliminary investigation does not necessarily mean criminal charges are forthcoming or that a trial will occur.
    Ellise Shafer, Variety, 5 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • At the Madison Square Garden rally in New York last month, Trump surrogate Vivek Ramaswamy said during his introductory remarks that the Empire State was a 2024 swing state, a projection that Democrats aren't buying.
    David Jackson, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Lastly, place your introductory $5 bet on Bucs vs. Chiefs or any other game.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • Basically, those are college prep courses in history/social science, English, math, a foreign language, a laboratory science, visual and performing arts, and a college preparatory elective.
    Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
  • Whenever meteorologists begin mentioning a storm in the Gulf, Atlanta’s Office of Emergency Preparedness springs into preparatory action, Dickens said.
    Jane Thier, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • Three ounces of seed will cover 400 square feet, a nice start to a beginning habitat garden.
    Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2024
  • But fans had been mourning the loss of the cheeky, friendly kid from the beginning days of the band for years.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2024

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“Prefacing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prefacing. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.

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