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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Also, it is considered by many as an anachronism, mere prelude to a party on the river for Hooray Henrys.
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Computer simulations are only mechanical extensions of this verbal power, which manipulates signs and symbols as a prelude to manipulating things.
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Could this be a prelude to a trade war even more destructive of world prosperity than a military war?
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The search for the seat of divinity in man and nature is only a prelude to the aspiration for transcendence.
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The squall was a prelude to a fully-fledged gale, heralded well in advance by warnings from the meteorologists.
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This identification was emphasized in 1483 when Gloucester took the precaution of arresting lord Stanley as a prelude to his usurpation.
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This outing was a prelude to many more.