prolegomena

plural of prolegomenon

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for prolegomena
Noun
  • Hagai Palevsky considers these discourses and more while examining Sethphemera, essays and interviews by the cartoonist Seth.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 June 2026
  • The chatter of cosmopolitan élites is the most reviled of all discourses right now.
    Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
Noun
  • Harry's decision comes amid ongoing discussions with the royal family to acquire an appropriate level of security for his family, including Meghan Markle and their two children, Princess Lilibet, 5, and Prince Archie, 7.
    Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 5 July 2026
  • More than 70 students heard directly from Holocaust survivors and educators before participating in smaller breakout discussions.
    Eva Weiss, Sun Sentinel, 5 July 2026
Noun
  • On the walls, black-and-white printouts of newspaper articles, magazines and book pages looked like they were plucked from a Pinterest board on scrapbooking.
    Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
  • The internet is swarming with articles and videos decrying the decision.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Noun
  • While state studies have criticized the state’s education governance model, voters have rejected at least four attempts dating back to 1928 to reform the position.
    Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 30 June 2026
  • Some studies have shown that estrogen can help protect the heart, but the FDA hasn’t authorized it for this use.
    Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 30 June 2026
Noun
  • The disagreements begin with what each document protects first, and the four texts pull in different directions from there.
    Paulo Carvão, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • Without getting too focused on the game side of it, what Sean said about the story pulling you into emotions through texts and calls is important.
    Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 30 June 2026
Noun
  • Their displacement, whether to touristed shorelines, museums, or expositions, effaced much of their meaning.
    Glenn Adamson, Artforum, 2 May 2026
  • Iowa State Fair — Mid-August The Iowa State Fair in Des Moines pulls in more than a million people each year and is one of the oldest and largest agricultural and industrial expositions in the country.
    Lauren Schuster, Charlotte Observer, 30 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Artificial intelligence has complicated the reliability of admissions essays.
    Scott White, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
  • Woolf composed her great modernist novels and her brilliant essays while troubled by suicidal thoughts and the tumult of two world wars.
    The Week US, TheWeek, 1 July 2026
Noun
  • Physiognomic treatises reappeared in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, then took off in the eighteenth and nineteenth.
    Cal Revely-Calder, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • One way to reduce the risk of this happening is to connect the AI model to a body of legal material, such as case law and treatises.
    Ellen Sheng, CNBC, 19 May 2026
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“Prolegomena.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prolegomena. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.

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