as in introduction
a short section (as of a book) that leads to or explains the main part
in her intro the author offers rather precise definitions of some of the key words that she will be using throughout her book
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Fans waved their glow sticks towards the stage during the intro and danced to the lively rhythm accompanied by electronic sounds of Japanese instruments.
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Billboard Japan, Billboard, 26 Mar. 2025
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Editor's Note: This recipe was developed by Jasmine Smith; the intro was written by Kimberly Holland.
—Jasmine Smith, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2025
This intro slyly combines the butterflies of first-date jitters with setups for a number of potential culprits (and of course, red herrings) for when Violet is eventually tormented over the digital airwaves.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 10 Mar. 2025
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Billboard Japan, Billboard, 26 Mar. 2025
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Receive a 0% intro APR for 18 months on balance transfers.
—Jason Stauffer, CNBC, 18 Mar. 2025
Editor's Note: This recipe was developed by Jasmine Smith; the intro was written by Kimberly Holland.
—Jasmine Smith, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2025
This intro slyly combines the butterflies of first-date jitters with setups for a number of potential culprits (and of course, red herrings) for when Violet is eventually tormented over the digital airwaves.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 10 Mar. 2025
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Noun
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What followed was a proper introduction to Clairo, highlighting her support of Gaza and women’s rights.—
Steven J. Horowitz,
Variety,
13 Apr. 2025
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Their extinctions underscore the dangers of overexploitation, habitat destruction and the introduction of non-native species to ecosystems that had previously been relatively isolated.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
12 Apr. 2025
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Writing on the seventieth anniversary of the war’s end, in the preface to his magisterial The German War (2015), Oxford’s Nicholas Stargardt described the book’s genesis a decade earlier, in 2005.—
Chris Doyle,
Hartford Courant,
2 Apr. 2025
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As for Dickinson, his starring roles in Babygirl, The Iron Claw, and Triangle of Sadness preface his take on John Lennon.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
1 Apr. 2025
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Construction Nudes 1981-1985 is designed by Sean Adams and edited by Frank Rodriguez with a foreword by Lucas Museum of Narrative Art curator Ryan Linkof, Ph.D.—
Lee Sharrock,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
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Zucker kicked things off in the book’s foreword writing about seeing and collecting pointed diamonds from the 15th century and earlier — a point that helped Fasel to unlock a myth that engagement rings are an invention of the 20th century.—
Thomas Waller,
WWD,
16 Dec. 2024
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“Intro.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intro. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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