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foreword

[fawr-wurd, -werd, fohr-] / ˈfɔrˌwɜrd, -wərd, ˈfoʊr- /


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He wrote the foreword for the scholarly book “California Grizzly” and from his Montana home keeps an eye on the well-being of his home state’s precariously small colony of grizzlies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

The book, co-authored by Darren Grubb and Johnny Russo, featured a foreword by Letterman.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026

Dimon read investors Benjamin Graham and David Dodd’s book “Security Analysis” as a young man, which featured a foreword written by Buffett.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 15, 2026

“George Martin: The Scores,” which will be published in April and feature a foreword by Paul McCartney, highlights Martin’s singular influence in making their corpus a reality for the ages.

From Salon ● Jan. 15, 2026

Professor Albus Dumbledore agreed to provide a foreword that met the case, and we were both delighted that the book raised so much money for some of the world’s most vulnerable people.

From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling

Harris himself has contributed to Pickering's book - published by Manchester University Press - writing one of four forewords along with Martin Fry, Johnny Marr and Noel Gallagher along with a separate chapter.

From BBC ● May 2, 2026

Bestselling authors Leigh Bardugo, Jerry Craft and Rainbow Rowell are contributing forewords to new editions of three famed Marvel Comics series.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 19, 2023

Barack Obama and George W. Bush were so supportive that they wrote forewords for them.

From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2022

It would have two forewords, by Gen. Milley and Gen. Odierno.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2018

By Ignatius Donnelly, a modern rev. ed. edited by Egerton Sykes. © on 3 new forewords, revisions & additions; 21Sep49; A36314.

From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1977 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office




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