as in preface
a short section (as of a book) that leads to or explains the main part
in his exordium the author warns his readers that they should expect a radically different interpretation of the causes of the war
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In the preface of her new book, MJ Corey offers a note of apology for pouring so much energy into analyzing a family that’s famously famous for being famous, and for little else, said Megan Garber in The Atlantic.
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The book arrives on the scene six years before Wordsworth’s preface to the Lyrical Ballads (considered the first Romantic manifesto).
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The demonstration also represented the public debut of the production version of Atlas in a live event following its introduction earlier this year at CES 2026.
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He was given a loud ovation during Saturday’s player introductions in his first NBA game before Jazz fans in Utah.
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As Dubner himself acknowledged in the anniversary foreword, the original book was written without a central thesis tying everything together.
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The book, co-authored by Darren Grubb and Johnny Russo, featured a foreword by Letterman.
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But the extent to which the past is prologue is uncertain.
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But the recent past need not be prologue.
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“Exordium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exordium. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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