prologue
Example Sentences
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If past is prologue, he will overreach in response to this week’s peace proffer, rejecting what many in his entourage would view as an attractive exit from a strategic miscue.
Shawver: Because we added the prologue, the animated sequence setting up the world of music and magic, the audience got what we were doing.
From Los Angeles Times
Past is prologue, so he may pull this off.
From Salon
“We were mindful that past is prologue,” Newsom said, and the added resources they provided Bonta’s office “have come to bear great fruit.”
From Los Angeles Times
When William Shakespeare wrote “What’s past is prologue,” he wasn’t thinking about television.
From Los Angeles Times
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