front matter
Example Sentences
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Much of this material is winningly geeky and enthusiastic: “As front matter goes, I get especially giddy about translator’s notes, and for years I’ve toyed with the idea of editing an anthology of them.”
From New York Times
Even the front matter and jacket flap are upside-down amusing.
From New York Times
The front matter of “Every Night I Dream of Hell” includes a dramatis personae that runs to 40-odd entries.
From Washington Post
What gets done up front matters most; what gets pushed to the rear might never get done.
From Washington Post
The book’s cover and front matter feature various kinds of wire.
From The New Yorker
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
