prefatory

Example Sentences

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Heller, the majority concluded that despite the prefatory language relating to a militia, the amendment created an individual right to keep and bear arms.

From Washington Times

“I have written for meaning rather than order,” she says in a prefatory note.

From New York Times

The Amendment's prefatory clause announces a purpose, but does not limit or expand the scope of the second part, the operative clause.

From Salon

That her prefatory remark – she’d managed to suppress a wish for him to die – provoked countless complaints, confirmed that the public likes to see, at least from her sex, a performance of compassion.

From The Guardian

It rather consists of three prefatory paragraphs and an order to comply with a separate order of the state public health officer.

From Los Angeles Times