preamble
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Yet, for a living document intended to “secure the Blessings of Liberty,” as the preamble states, it has been pretty resistant to revision.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
Three years later, as war dragged on, a group comprising members of the North’s major Protestant denominations urged a change to the preamble of the U.S.
From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2026
After the preamble, it is time for England to get down to business.
From BBC ● May 20, 2026
Under the rules of the Ethernet protocol—widely used in computer networks—each packet starts with a preamble, signaling data is on the way.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 16, 2025
Neither question nor answer was meant as anything more than a polite preamble to conversation.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
In any case, most of what goes into the preambles of DOT regulatory documents is just “word salad,” one staffer recalled the presenter saying.
From Salon ● Feb. 2, 2026
As a violinist, I hope that something of the streams’ sensibility survives: Mumbled preambles and tableside teddy bears unmoved by the Bach Chaconne are refreshing the genre for far-flung audiences.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 7, 2020
This is apparent right from Star Wars’ famous opening scroll, which borrows from the preambles that opened each chapter of the Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers movie serials.
From Slate ● Dec. 13, 2015
I could write a preamble that would skilfully draw together every single strand of this match, but I'm afraid our tools don't support 9994-word preambles.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 22, 2010
The lawyers were for spinning the thing out with guarded remarks and cautious preambles, but Roland's methods of doing business were always rapid.
From A Man of Means by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
Vocabulary lists containing preamble
Walk the Walk: Amb
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"On Women's Right to Vote" by Susan B. Anthony
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100 SAT words Beginning with "P"
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