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preamble

[pree-am-buhl, pree-am-] / ˈpriˌæm bəl, priˈæm- /
NOUN
introduction
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG


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Before this happens, however, we get a preamble.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 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

“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

The hope, the optimism, the feelgood swirling around Hampden in the preamble was gone.

From BBC • Oct. 9, 2025

Without preamble, the photographer removed one of his legs.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson




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