prolegomenon

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prolegomenon
Noun
  • Even four-time defending league champions Manchester City lack comparative representation to Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester United, who dominate the discourse.
    Elias Burke, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
  • However, popular media and social discourse have turned this topic into a moral battleground, perpetuating myths that reinforce shame, fear and outdated stereotypes.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • In a new Good Hang podcast discussion with Abbott Elementary's Quinta Brunson, Poehler discussed developing Leslie as a character ahead of the show's 2009 pilot episode, right down to the strikingly blonde hair on her head and what that said about the character at the time.
    Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 9 Apr. 2025
  • During the discussions, hitting coaches Troy Snitker and Alex Cintrón encouraged Smith to get more into his legs and start his swing quicker, hoping the 22-year-old phenom could drive the baseball with more authority.
    Chandler Rome, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Khalil finished his graduate studies at Columbia in December and is set to graduate in the spring.
    Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Its body is covered with spiky hair-like structures called setae used for sensory detection, according to the study.
    Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Related article How to build supertall: Designers of the world’s tallest towers share their secrets Steinway Tower, or 111 West 57th Street, was completed in 2022 on the site once occupied by the historic Steinway & Sons piano company.
    Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Keep a distance from water, wet articles, and metal objects.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Slow and unsteady Karma: The Dark World is a slow game, both in its exposition and its occasionally frustrating slow walking speed.
    Matt Gardner, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • A lot of exposition about the wicked stepmother being done very rapidly here.
    Emma Specter, Vogue, 21 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The movie tries so hard to put forth a sweeping treatise on the paradox of a Black bodybuilder, to be a study of Black masculinity.
    Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2025
  • Fitzgerald first encountered Kaczynski’s treatise in July 1995, shortly after Kaczynski anonymously mailed the typewritten manuscript to The Times and The Washington Post, demanding its publication in exchange for his promise to stop killing people with package bombs.
    Charles Homans, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • This requires accelerating the entire application timeline—finalizing college lists by spring of junior year, completing main essays over the summer, and preparing application materials for early deadlines.
    Dr. Aviva Legatt, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
  • Ozturk, a Turkish Ph.D. student, co-authored an opinion essay in 2024 criticizing Tufts University's ties to companies linked to Israel.
    Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • But working in a single text chat was more efficient, fun, and intellectually stimulating.
    Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Additionally, Tudor Watches—the new Pelagos that goes to 1,000 meters with just that little detail of turquoise text on the dial is just amazing.
    Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 8 Apr. 2025
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“Prolegomenon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prolegomenon. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.

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