overture
Example Sentences
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In the popular overture, elicitation of tumult concludes, with startling exhilaration, in the kind of grand Beethovenian triumph that never fails to excite.
From Los Angeles Times
At the same time, the Yugoslav government was making overtures to Illinois Representative - and later Governor - Rod Blagojevich, then the only Serbian-American in Congress.
From BBC
Paramount said Tuesday that it has complied with the Justice Department’s antitrust investigation of its all-cash offer for Warner, which it sought even though Warner has told shareholders to reject its overtures.
Diller’s overture to Warner, which hasn’t been previously reported, adds a new twist to the biggest takeover drama in the media industry in years.
It's also part of Lee's diplomatic overtures to regional powers including Japan, with whom South Korea has a fraught history but shares a security alliance.
From BBC
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