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prelude

[prel-yood, preyl-, prey-lood, pree-] / ˈprɛl yud, ˈpreɪl-, ˈpreɪ lud, ˈpri- /


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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

As a prelude to the pilot, drugmakers AstraZeneca and Amgen agreed to test real-time data reporting in clinical trials of specific cancer medicines.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 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

"At its core, this looks like pressure and leverage rather than a prelude to invasion," he wrote.

From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026

I lay there silent beside my brother, my best friend and his girlfriend wading in the water before me, and I knew that we were all just in the prelude to disappointment after disappointment.

From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley




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