prolegomenon

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Noun
  • As the incivility and tribalism of our politics increase, the quality of our political discourse decreases accordingly.
    Bradley Gitz, Arkansas Online, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Audiences can have these conversations and a real discourse about what happens next for her.
    Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 9 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Progress appeared to be very little, as Iran has sought to limit the discussions to solely its nuclear program.
    Zach LaChance, The Washington Examiner, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Through both press conferences and private discussions, a number of topics are broached including public safety, but Dumont casts them aside.
    Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 14 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • In 2024, lawmakers passed Wood’s bill directing the Fish and Wildlife Department to conduct a study to inform a statewide cleanup strategy for cannabis grows.
    Rachel Becker, Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2026
  • Xanthan and guar gum are derived from plants and are typically safe, even beneficial, according to some studies.
    Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 11 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Recent articles in the news report Canada, Mexico, Central and South America arranging trading with countries who don't treat them as stepchildren.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Prosecutors previously said Apple Daily had published up to 161 seditious articles.
    Chris Lau, CNN Money, 9 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • William Hesseltine and his followers had dismissed such sources as at best partial and at worst partisan in their exposition of the cruelties inflicted by their wartime enemies.
    Drew Gilpin Faust, The Atlantic, 8 Feb. 2026
  • 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
Noun
  • The novel is not a political treatise.
    David Frum, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2026
  • 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
Noun
  • Originally borne from a viral Modern Love essay in the New York Times, Strangers is beautifully written, too.
    Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 14 Feb. 2026
  • The first step in del Valle’s creative process is writing short essays or stories, sometimes scripted like screenplays.
    Miles Socha, Footwear News, 14 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • At the same time, Barton’s book The Birth of Intertexuality (2019) is precisely a kind of tracing of the concept through the texts and thinking of different authors—which includes sections on Nietzsche’s influence on Barthes and Foucault.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Dozens of photos included in the documents released Wednesday are military handbooks, field guides and cultural texts, some dating back to the early 2000s that appeared to belong to Gingles, as well as numerous books from the SANS Institute detailing computer hacker tools.
    Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2026
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“Prolegomenon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prolegomenon. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.

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