foreword
noun
fore·word
ˈfȯr-(ˌ)wərd 
: prefatory comments (as for a book) especially when written by someone other than the author
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the editor makes some good points in the foreword about the author's life, so be sure to read it
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The photobook includes contextual essays and a foreword by historian, writer and documentary filmmaker Susan Stryker, who recalls images circulating within her generation and community of trans women in the late 1980s and 1990s.
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Suyin Haynes, CNN, 26 June 2024
Now Springsteen has penned a foreword to Infinite Dreams: The Life of Alan Vega, which comes out Tuesday.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 18 June 2024
The book includes a foreword by Swedish journalist Måns Mosesson, the author of the 2022 Avicii biography Tim: The Official Biography Of Avicii.
—Katie Bain, Billboard, 13 June 2024
His longtime friend also wrote the foreword for his memoir, out June 4.
—Kimi Robinson, USA TODAY, 23 May 2024
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Suyin Haynes, CNN, 26 June 2024
Now Springsteen has penned a foreword to Infinite Dreams: The Life of Alan Vega, which comes out Tuesday.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 18 June 2024
The book includes a foreword by Swedish journalist Måns Mosesson, the author of the 2022 Avicii biography Tim: The Official Biography Of Avicii.
—Katie Bain, Billboard, 13 June 2024
His longtime friend also wrote the foreword for his memoir, out June 4.
—Kimi Robinson, USA TODAY, 23 May 2024
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foreword
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fore·word
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