prelude
Example Sentences
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Yet while an increase in wholesale prices is a prelude of sorts to what consumers end up paying for goods and services, the relationship is far from exact.
From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026
It could be the biggest IPO ever but it also might just be the prelude for a record-breaking merger.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
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
It was a striking prelude to "Body to Body", the album's first full track, interwoven with Korea's most iconic folk song and the album's namesake, Arirang.
From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026
This was but the prelude to more, for each rain washed more of the insecticide into the river, killing more fish.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
Vocabulary lists containing prelude
"Two Kinds" (from The Joy Luck Club) by Amy Tan
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The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
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"Total Loss Weekend" by Don Delillo
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