preamble
Example Sentences
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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
“Antisemitism is dangerous, antithetical to California values, and must not be tolerated in any California classroom, regardless of whether Jewish pupils are present in that classroom,” the preamble to the bill said.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 16, 2025
But this is mere preamble to the galleries below.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 24, 2025
"We're not in a South African moment, but we're in a possible preamble to a South African moment," he said.
From BBC • Sep. 15, 2025
Write the preamble of the Constitution of the United States.
From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper
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