Thesaurus / overture
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Though his overtures were rebuffed, he remained committed, even after his Emancipation Proclamation of 1863, to promoting state-by-state abolition.
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Activists with whom the Washington Blade has previously spoken say church teachings on homosexuality and gender identity remains unchanged despite these overtures.
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Despite the president’s overtures, many church groups continue to meet in person.
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The city initially rejected overtures to buy the building because Doug Manchester, a supporter of Mayor Kevin Faulconer, owned a stake in the building, and his involvement could invite accusations for the mayor.
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In spite of such overtures, they did play their role in defending many of the important frontier castles.
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The overture is over, the curtain is about to rise on the drama of Georgie's married life.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLS
Nowadays many organists find it possible to play the Overture to Tannhauser; the writer pleads guilty himself.
THE RECENT REVOLUTION IN ORGAN BUILDINGGEORGE LAING MILLER
He had composed a string quartet in B major, and an overture in F major.
THE LIFE & LETTERS OF PETER ILICH TCHAIKOVSKYMODESTE TCHAIKOVSKY
I am very busy (upon the orchestration of the C minor overture composed during the summer).
THE LIFE & LETTERS OF PETER ILICH TCHAIKOVSKYMODESTE TCHAIKOVSKY
The overture in C minor, referred to in this letter, was submitted to Nicholas Rubinstein a few days later.
THE LIFE & LETTERS OF PETER ILICH TCHAIKOVSKYMODESTE TCHAIKOVSKY
WORDS RELATED TO OVERTURE
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- appearance
- arrangement
- award
- bestowal
- coming out
- conferral
- debut
- delivering
- delivery
- demonstration
- display
- dog and pony show
- donation
- exhibition
- exposition
- giving
- introduction
- investiture
- knockdown
- launch
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- offering
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- present
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- sales pitch
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- coming out
- conferral
- debut
- delivering
- delivery
- demonstration
- display
- dog and pony show
- donation
- exhibition
- exposition
- giving
- introduction
- investiture
- knockdown
- launch
- launching
- offering
- overture
- pitch
- present
- production
- proposal
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- reception
- remembrance
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- sales pitch
- show
- staging
- submission
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- beginning
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- first acquaintance
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- foreword
- inauguration
- inception
- induction
- influx
- ingress
- initiation
- insertion
- installation
- institution
- interpolation
- intro
- launch
- lead
- lead-in
- opening
- opening remarks
- overture
- pioneering
- preamble
- preface
- preliminaries
- prelude
- presentation
- primer
- proem
- prologue
- survey
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