prelude
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Yet while an increase in wholesale prices is a prelude of sorts to what consumers end up paying for goods and services, the relationship is far from exact.
From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026
Rate checks are considered a prelude to actual intervention and involve central banks contacting commercial lenders to get price quotes for currency trades.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026
It was a prelude to the chaos and calamity that was to come this season.
From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026
"At its core, this looks like pressure and leverage rather than a prelude to invasion," he wrote.
From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026
It was all a prelude to what began on July 27, 1919.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
Vocabulary lists containing prelude
"Two Kinds" (from The Joy Luck Club) by Amy Tan
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The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
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"Total Loss Weekend" by Don Delillo
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