as in introduction
a short section (as of a book) that leads to or explains the main part
in her prolusion she sketches the religious, cultural and political milieu in which gnosticism developed
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Recent Examples of prolusion
This poem seems positioned as a prolusion — his word — or prelude to set a mood of contemplation, to encourage a softness or stillness, a long view, for entering what follows.
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Nancy Lord, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Apr. 2022
Nancy Lord, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Apr. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prolusion
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Spotify Wrapped launched in 2015 with the introduction of the Year in Music feature, offering users a glimpse into their top artists and listening habits from the past year.Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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Fewer than 200 spectators attended the match at UNLV, and the fans were respectful, cheering every player during pregame introductions and during the action.Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2024
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The muses promised fame and fortune to artists who followed them, but are rarely mentioned by name in the prologues and prefaces of artworks today.Alison Habens, JSTOR Daily, 31 Oct. 2024
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In her preface to a reissued edition of the novel, Segal remembers being housed in a camp during a frigid English winter.Cressida Leyshon, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2024
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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
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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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“Prolusion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prolusion. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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