as in introduction
a short section (as of a book) that leads to or explains the main part the proem promises what the book does not deliver: a totally new interpretation of the French Revolution

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Noun
  • Social media platforms would not take root in the U.S. for another decade, and the introduction of the iPhone was still seven years away, but the quick turnaround of the audio from the hearing made Americans feel the rush of momentous events happening in real time.
    Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Then Billboard was cited when describing T.I.’s seminal 2003 Trap Muzik album as an introduction of trap music to the masses, but the contestants were stumped and couldn’t identify who the rapper-actor is despite a photo of him accompanying the clue.
    Michael Saponara, Billboard, 4 Nov. 2024
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  • The muses promised fame and fortune to artists who followed them, but are rarely mentioned by name in the prologues and prefaces of artworks today.
    Alison Habens, JSTOR Daily, 31 Oct. 2024
  • In her preface to a reissued edition of the novel, Segal remembers being housed in a camp during a frigid English winter.
    Cressida Leyshon, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Nearly a decade later, Joe Biden wrote the foreword to her memoir.
    Jo Yurcaba, NBC News, 6 Nov. 2024
  • In a post on X, the singer shared his foreword to Jones’ 2022 book 12 Notes: On Life and Creativity.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Proem.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proem. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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