prelude
Example Sentences
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This, though, doesn’t look like a prelude to a recession.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026
"At its core, this looks like pressure and leverage rather than a prelude to invasion," he wrote.
From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026
Seen now, Annie feels almost like a prelude to Roy's later life as a feted novelist and one of India's most polarising writers.
From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026
Her fate is prelude, prediction and warning — it’s not an aberration.
From Salon • Jan. 15, 2026
But the icy wind and the snow were only a prelude to the low temperatures they found in Canada.
From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry
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