prolegomena

Definition of prolegomenanext
plural of prolegomenon

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for prolegomena
Noun
  • By the mid-1960s, the school, located in the center of Harlem, was among the few schools in the United States to publish a yearbook directly engaged with the civil rights and Black Power discourses of the era.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 Nov. 2025
  • By analyzing discourses on development squarely within Native American studies, Yazzie situates capitalism, colonialism, and imperialism into the politics of nation-building.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 11 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • While the fatalities have occurred along the Central Coast and in Northern California, the phenomenon has prompted concerns and discussions among mycological societies and amateur foragers across the Golden State.
    Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Two years ago, PURA launched the Stakeholder Group Compensation Program, which helps families and small businesses join discussions at PURA.
    Kendall Keelen, Hartford Courant, 8 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Enhance your media literacy by learning the differences between news and opinion and, further, how to differentiate between advertising, news articles, letters, columns and editorials.
    Brenda Looper, Arkansas Online, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Lai, who pleaded not guilty, was convicted in December of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces to endanger national security and conspiring with others to publish seditious articles.
    Kanis Leung, Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Espelie says that when Sundance’s move to Boulder was announced, much of the campus, even those outside of the cinema studies program, voiced their excitement.
    Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Lab and greenhouse studies show that plastic particles can affect earthworms and microbes and, in some cases, reduce seed germination, root growth, and nutrient uptake.
    Dr. Avishesh Neupane, Hartford Courant, 7 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • But for those interested in fashion history, these red carpet looks are key texts just asking to be pored over.
    Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Authorities claim the texts were traced to an email account belonging to Callella, and IP address records showed they were sent from his house.
    Louis Casiano , Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 5 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • His firm’s work has been featured at numerous international expositions, including the French Pavilion at the Osaka Expo (World’s Fair) in 2025.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 6 Feb. 2026
  • For emerging Japan, world’s fairs and expositions presented a tremendous opportunity.
    Rebecca Corbett, The Conversation, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In these essays, our columnists follow their curiosity, and explore important but not necessarily answerable scientific questions.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 13 Feb. 2026
  • His passion for the medium and its great artists illuminates this volume, which is shaped around a list of 100 Black films contextualized in a series of critical short essays by Clark, providing a lively and robust history of global Black filmmaking.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 11 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The text consists of 10 treatises on architecture, engineering and urban planning, and is the oldest surviving work written on the subject.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 28 Jan. 2026
  • The collection, now over 40,000 volumes, includes Greek and Arabic manuscripts, early cartographic works and rare scientific treatises gathered from across the Iberian world.
    Navya Verma, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Jan. 2026
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“Prolegomena.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prolegomena. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.

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