prolegomenon

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prolegomenon
Noun
  • Events that used to lead to days or weeks of heated discourse now fade into nothingness almost instantaneously; nothing matters enough to break the internet anymore.
    Meaghan Garvey, Pitchfork, 27 Feb. 2025
  • The play is an extravagant metaphor for political discourse, disputes between nations, nationalist feelings and more.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 27 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Following Trump's conversation with Putin last week, Trump floated a potential meeting between U.S. and Russian officials in Saudi Arabia to kick off ceasefire discussions.
    Savannah Kuchar, USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2025
  • At a moment when the atomization of interpersonal relationships is at the forefront of public discussion, Brennan’s winsome, melancholy-streaked portraits of city life hold particular resonance.
    Rhian Sasseen, The Atlantic, 24 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The neighbors — a group of computer savants and vegan activists committed to the study of human cognition, most of them trans women — moved box trucks on his land.
    Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2025
  • According to a McKinsey study, high performers are 400% more productive than average employees.
    Caroline Castrillon, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Listen to this article GLENDALE, Ariz. — Noah Schultz made the journey from the bullpen to the mound for the top of the fifth inning Wednesday against the San Diego Padres.
    LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2025
  • This article discusses the mechanics, benefits, and limitations of tax-loss harvesting.
    True Tamplin, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • And exposition is difficult to make interesting, even in projects requiring far less of it.
    Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 29 Jan. 2025
  • The exposition, taking place under one of the country’s more revered presidents, Dumarsais Estimé, celebrated the founding of Port-au-Prince in 1749.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • An 11th-century treatise on Muslim love. Describe your ideal reading experience.
    New York Times, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Out went the names, and in came a sweeping, elegiac — but life-fostering — quality that operates as a sonic treatise on the nature of love itself.
    Colin Fleming, New York Daily News, 14 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • In a 2022 essay for Proceedings, the professional journal of the U.S. Navy, analyst Mark Schneider concluded Russian missiles are often a tenth as accurate as their makers claim.
    David Axe, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
  • Selection criteria include academic performance, school or community involvement, a letter of recommendation and an essay submission.
    Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • But here, there's still a dependence on sufficient examples of similar problems appearing in the body of text the system was trained on.
    Tim Stevens, Ars Technica, 3 Mar. 2025
  • The findings, the result of interviews and responses from nearly 1,700 Americans adults collected online, by text and over the phone from Feb. 24-26, come a day before Trump is set to deliver an address to a joint session of Congress.
    Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 3 Mar. 2025
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“Prolegomenon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prolegomenon. Accessed 8 Mar. 2025.

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