prelude
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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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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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