preamble

Three years later, as war dragged on, a group comprising members of the North’s major Protestant denominations urged a change to the preamble of the U.S.

From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2026

The indictment of British rule mattered more at the time than the preamble.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

After the preamble, it is time for England to get down to business.

From BBC ● May 20, 2026

And he told Wilson that Morfitt’s decision to send the term sheet without any preamble had been a mistake.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026

I was getting ready to recite the preamble to the Declaration of Independence, which our class had to memorize.

From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez

In any case, most of what goes into the preambles of DOT regulatory documents is just “word salad,” one staffer recalled the presenter saying.

From Salon ● Feb. 2, 2026

As a violinist, I hope that something of the streams’ sensibility survives: Mumbled preambles and tableside teddy bears unmoved by the Bach Chaconne are refreshing the genre for far-flung audiences.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 7, 2020

No need for preambles, let’s just get down to business, with the wind and rain expected to play a big part in today’s narrative, possibly to the cost of the later starters.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 21, 2017

This is apparent right from Star Wars’ famous opening scroll, which borrows from the preambles that opened each chapter of the Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers movie serials.

From Slate ● Dec. 13, 2015

In certain ceremonies seven quids are invariably set out by him, always accompanied by an invocation, the strain of which is usually very monotonous and always couched in long periphrastic preambles.

From The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir by Garvan, John M.