preface

We’re happy to preface that no act this year was overwhelmingly horrendous, like the Go-Go’s last year at Cruel World.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

Pondering these points of analysis, the preface weaves in studio photographs, Kodak snaps and paintings by Jan van Eyck, Bronzino and Titian.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

With prose so heartfelt and insightful, I was in tears by the preface.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026

So I would preface with this: There are lots of wonderful things about Europe that go unnoticed, unreported, or taken for granted.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 21, 2026

Galileo had had the preface set in a different typeface from the rest of the book, clearly indicating that it did not represent his own views.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin

Mr. Zygar prefaces each chapter with a childhood or family memory.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 16, 2025

Miranda prefaces this written statement with a short video in which she smiles brightly and seems upbeat, waving goodbye as if confirming a coffee date with a friend.

From Salon ● Jun. 6, 2024

“I do have something for you, and I think it might hold the heart of the show,” he prefaces with sincerity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2023

Benedict then largely kept to his word that he would live a life of prayer in retirement, emerging only occasionally from his converted monastery for special events and writing occasional book prefaces and messages.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 31, 2022

The writers of books on insect behavior generally take pains, in their prefaces, to caution that insects are like creatures from another planet, that their behavior is absolutely foreign, totally unhuman, unearthly, almost unbiological.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

The Monticello we know today presents itself as a compact unity, prefaced by a classical temple front and crowned by an octagonal dome—the first domed house in America.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

Answers tend to be prefaced with the word 'we' rather than 'me'.

From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2026

The rerelease of “Z” was prefaced earlier this year with a full-album show at the Palladium.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2025

Elsewhere, pro-Palestinian demonstrations prefaced Italy's vital win over Israel and Spain took another step towards qualification with a big victory against Bulgaria.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2025

I tried to keep it casual and prefaced the question by saying that I knew dances weren't his cup of tea...but would he like to go to prom with me?

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi

“I am not prone to hyperbole. I am prone to, like, popping off a little bit. I know that,” Walz said, prefacing his argument that Americans are living in a “dangerous” time.

From Salon ● Jun. 14, 2025

Lesmerises asked Ferentz three questions at the end of the Ohio State news conference and, in prefacing one, pointed out that the Hawkeyes have one of the least productive offenses in the country.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 26, 2022

She, too, wanted to dream up rich fictional lives in lieu of what she saw at the time as the burden of prefacing her story with an explanation of her mixed-race identity and upbringing.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 19, 2021

Twitter deployed its system to block disinformation about voting, prefacing the post with a warning: “This Tweet violated the Twitter rules about civic and election integrity.”

From New York Times ● Sep. 30, 2020

Lately she’s been given to talking as if she won’t be around much longer, prefacing each plan with, “Well, if I’m still here next year, I’d love to see...”

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride