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prologue

[proh-lawg, -log] / ˈproʊ lɔg, -lɒg /


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The past was more than prologue even for the more prominent new musicals.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

All those years of misery just proved to be the prologue to the most shocking story from the tournament’s opening rounds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

He mentioned another guy, who is now in my prologue, Georg Ritter von Schönerer, a Viennese aristocrat who was inspirational to Hitler at a given moment in Hitler’s youth.

From Slate • Mar. 2, 2026

UK road champion Sam Watson won the opening prologue of the race for Ineos Grenadiers.

From BBC • Jan. 25, 2026

Maybe he sees it now as a prologue to these tapes.

From "Thirteen Reasons Why" by Jay Asher




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