prolegomenon

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Noun
  • The play is an extravagant metaphor for political discourse, disputes between nations, nationalist feelings and more.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Events that used to lead to days or weeks of heated discourse now fade into nothingness almost instantaneously; nothing matters enough to break the internet anymore.
    Meaghan Garvey, Pitchfork, 27 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Her feelings on the country’s hard-right swing were not articulated during the discussion, but they were certainly alluded to.
    Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Mar. 2025
  • Gender must be at the core of climate finance planning and national accountability, not an afterthought or token discussion.
    Catarina Rolfsdotter-Jansson, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Around 99% of its students rely on federal funding in some way, whether loans, grants or federal work study programs.
    Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Other threats to this insect include habitat loss and pesticide use, the study said.
    Megan Forrester, ABC News, 7 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Listen to this article A Black Lives Matter banner marking the Washington D.C. intersection dubbed in 2020 as Black Live Matter Plaza is being removed.
    Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Listen to this article The La Jolla Music Society held its annual WinterFest Gala at the University Club atop Symphony Towers last month.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • And exposition is difficult to make interesting, even in projects requiring far less of it.
    Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 29 Jan. 2025
  • The exposition, taking place under one of the country’s more revered presidents, Dumarsais Estimé, celebrated the founding of Port-au-Prince in 1749.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • An 11th-century treatise on Muslim love. Describe your ideal reading experience.
    New York Times, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Out went the names, and in came a sweeping, elegiac — but life-fostering — quality that operates as a sonic treatise on the nature of love itself.
    Colin Fleming, New York Daily News, 14 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • There’s going to be a book with a collection of essays, all newly commissioned, some of the finest writers, illustrated with stills and photographs from the collection of the BFI as well.
    John Bleasdale, Variety, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Her photo essay of the ranching family leaving Chico Basin Ranch was special.
    DP Opinion, The Denver Post, 10 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • But here, there's still a dependence on sufficient examples of similar problems appearing in the body of text the system was trained on.
    Tim Stevens, Ars Technica, 3 Mar. 2025
  • The findings, the result of interviews and responses from nearly 1,700 Americans adults collected online, by text and over the phone from Feb. 24-26, come a day before Trump is set to deliver an address to a joint session of Congress.
    Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 3 Mar. 2025
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“Prolegomenon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prolegomenon. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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