prolegomenon

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prolegomenon
Noun
  • Research suggests swearing is more acceptable in Australian public discourse.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 15 June 2025
  • Britney Spears was inadvertently brought into the discourse after it was revealed that Combs’ business accountant is Robin Greenhill, an executive at the same management team that worked with Spears during her controversial conservatorship from 2008 to 2021.
    Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 15 June 2025
Noun
  • Lawyers specializing in open government law told the Star-Telegram that the board likely violated the Texas Open Meetings Act with that closed-door discussion.
    Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 June 2025
  • Complicating matters in the region are the U.S. and Iran’s efforts to resolve the stalemate in discussions regarding Iran’s nuclear program and, specifically, uranium enrichment.
    Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 12 June 2025
Noun
  • Some powders contain aspartame or acesulfame potassium (also known as acesulfame K), which, one 2022 study suggested, may be linked to a greater cancer risk (although other studies have not found this).
    MISAKI KAWATSU, Vogue, 10 June 2025
  • For example, the UK’s mattress trade association reacted to the study by issuing guidance for its members.
    Arlene Blum, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
Noun
  • Information for this article was contributed by Marc Levy of The Associated Press.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 14 June 2025
  • Keep a distance from water, wet articles, and metal objects.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 14 June 2025
Noun
  • The Rani teleports over to share some exposition (and also to declare that Mel thinks of her every night.
    Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 1 June 2025
  • In recent times, the saying has become little more than lazy exposition in Hollywood hero monologues rather than a nugget of wisdom that American politicians and voters genuinely honor.
    Clare Morell, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • There have been treatises written and countless podcasts recorded about the apparent pleasure of piling on.
    Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 4 May 2025
  • Vitruvius’s Ten Books on Architecture was not only a manual of the building arts but a treatise on how to extend and consolidate the Roman Empire, and lent itself all too well to the autocratic ambitions of Renaissance princes.
    Ingrid D. Rowland, The New York Review of Books, 24 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Think in-class essays, oral presentations, and group projects where the process is as important as the product.
    Dan Fitzpatrick, Forbes.com, 14 June 2025
  • Dennis, a firefighter and paramedic from Kentucky — and a father of seven — had indeed been selected to be honored at the 83rd Father of the Year awards luncheon in New York on Thursday after his daughter Nora wrote an essay.
    Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 13 June 2025
Noun
  • The audio recordings played for the jury are voice notes that Combs sent to Jane via text in November 2021 and August 2023.
    Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN Money, 7 June 2025
  • Independent creators and established filmmakers alike now have access to powerful AI tools such as Runway that can generate realistic video scenes, animate storyboards, and even produce entire short films from simple text prompts or reference images.
    Craig S. Smith, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025
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“Prolegomenon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prolegomenon. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.

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