preamble

Example Sentences

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After such a spectacular preamble, this first act at least produced a dramatic finish.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

A trading firm can save a few nanoseconds by sending the preamble first, before knowing if it wants to trade.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025

He gives us plenty of time to think about what we’re really watching: not must-see television, but the preamble to a funeral.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2025

But this is mere preamble to the galleries below.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 24, 2025

After a lengthy preamble, in which Penelope talked about fronds, spores, roots, rhizomes, and the impressive knack ferns have for growing in the shade, she began to catalog the varieties.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood