preamble
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Before this happens, however, we get a preamble.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 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
Looking at it now, in a time of endless preamble and an on-stage banterfest that would test the patience of a saint, they moved at breakneck speed back then.
From BBC • Dec. 5, 2025
“Antisemitism is dangerous, antithetical to California values, and must not be tolerated in any California classroom, regardless of whether Jewish pupils are present in that classroom,” the preamble to the bill said.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 16, 2025
“There’s corned beef so you can make sandwiches for lunch,” Aunty Uju had said, as though those words were perfectly normal and did not require a humorous preamble about how Americans ate bread for lunch.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Vocabulary lists containing preamble
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