prolegomenon

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Noun
  • After the lukewarm reception to Star Wars Outlaws (which itself was at the center of the exhausting online discourse), and a divided fan base, Shadows’ value for the company can’t be understated.
    Alyssa Mercante, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Influencers, niche creators and independent journalists now shape public discourse as much as—or more than—legacy institutions.
    Jeffrey Herzog, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The council did not discuss why this decision had been made, but a resident in the meeting raised concerns that Cobb had had multiple discussions with the defendants regarding the litigation.
    Rachel Royster, Austin American-Statesman, 19 Jan. 2025
  • While McCourt made an official bid, Musk’s name was reportedly floated in discussions with the Chinese government, according to Bloomberg.
    Zoë Schiffer, WIRED, 19 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • An estimated 40% of people in the U.S. have CVI, and studies suggest that, among those affected, 58% to 73% are women, compared to 18% to 27% of men, highlighting a significant gender disparity in the condition.
    Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 30 Jan. 2025
  • The melting of the sea ice has shortened the polar bears' feeding season, which has resulted in an energy deficit for the bears for longer stretches of the year, Louise Archer, lead author of the study and international post doctoral fellow at the University of Toronto, Scarborough, told ABC News.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 30 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The article notes that keeping respect for each other and not reacting in the heat of the moment can help create better relationships in the long run.
    Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Reading an article about concept albums that could potentially be the basis of musicals, the producer was particularly taken with the mention of Mignonette.
    David Browne, Rolling Stone, 21 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The story begins conventionally, churning out exposition to introduce the foursome.
    Natalia Winkelman, IndieWire, 27 Jan. 2025
  • And Pantera has less exposition than most heist flicks, which gives it an extra frisson of pleasant incoherence.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Trump tried to distance himself from the policy treatise during the 2024 campaign.
    Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 29 Nov. 2024
  • History of Peanut Butter Cookies In his agricultural treatise on peanuts, How To Grow the Peanut: And 105 Ways of Preparing it for Human Consumption, George Washington Carver, with the assistance of Tuskegee students, included three recipes for peanut butter cookies.
    Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 9 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Notice in her essay, there was not one representative from the Imperial Valley cited to support her criticism.
    Jim Shinn, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Jan. 2025
  • In a 1961 essay for THR, writer Allan Hersholt recalled how his father, Jean Hersholt, landed his first acting gig at Inceville in 1915.
    Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Grede remembers the back-and-forth text chain as being a bit chaotic.
    Jordan Greene, People.com, 26 Jan. 2025
  • At the time of the text, Stewart had recently torn her Achilles, an injury that nearly ended Bryant’s career.
    C. Isaiah Smalls II, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025
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“Prolegomenon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prolegomenon. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.

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