prelude

Example Sentences

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Rate checks are considered a prelude to actual intervention and involve central banks contacting commercial lenders to get price quotes for currency trades.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

The ceremony is a prelude to the annual L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

A year later he won the World Cup crystal globe in the slalom as a prelude to his split with the Norwegian set-up.

From Barron's • Feb. 14, 2026

Her fate is prelude, prediction and warning — it’s not an aberration.

From Salon • Jan. 15, 2026

In the opening prelude of Parsifal’s third act, the music shifts and slides around, avoiding settling on one key or chord for more than one beat.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall