overture
Example Sentences
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“It is a profound disappointment that you rejected that overture and chose ambush,” Bilton wrote.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
In Beijing, just two days before boarding his flight to Pyongyang, Graham told reporters that he still didn’t understand the North Korean overture.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
In the popular overture, elicitation of tumult concludes, with startling exhilaration, in the kind of grand Beethovenian triumph that never fails to excite.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026
In another overture, he persuaded Jessica Tisch—the city’s police commissioner—to stay in her job in his administration.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 1, 2026
He started his campaign auspiciously enough with an overture to James Conant, who visited Berkeley in May to deliver the keynote address at Charter Day, the university’s annual founding celebration.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
Vocabulary lists containing overture
To Kill a Mockingbird
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This Week In Words: Current Events Vocab for October 3–9, 2020
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