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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of preface.

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Examples

  • Although you will often see his name prefaced with "dissident cleric," that does a great disservice to his more appropriate title, grand ayatollah - the highest rank achievable by Shia Muslim scholars - and the decades upon decades of study, thought, research, teaching and writing required to earn it.

    CounterPunch 2009

  • The people receiving the calls prefaced by * 721 are relatives of inmates, who then use the long-distance service, Trosper said.

    Kentucky.com: Homepage 2008

  • Let me know if you want your name prefaced with the word "Lady".

    International Home Makers 2008

  • BK: As you were telling your story, you prefaced, which is a thing you often do, and I was curious –when did you begin doing it or notice that you did it?

    Buzzine » Todd Glass Interview 2009

  • Its kind of prefaced with an argument or a conflict or a relationship breakdown, the kind of things that make me fantasize about having been born normal even more.

    Friday Music: Bradford Cox, Deerhunter, Atlas Sound Kay Olson 2009

  • Its kind of prefaced with an argument or a conflict or a relationship breakdown, the kind of things that make me fantasize about having been born normal even more.

    Archive 2009-02-01 Kay Olson 2009

  • So Dana, those two Democratic holdout yes votes ensure the bill will indeed advance to the floor debate even though both of them kind of prefaced (ph) it by saying I may be in favor now, I may not necessarily be later?

    CNN Transcript Nov 21, 2009 2009

  • Use hashtags, labels prefaced by '#’ that link your comment to an ongoing event or dialogues.

    9 Tips on How To Use Twitter for Marketing 2009

  • She kind of prefaced the conversation by leading me to believe she was going somewhere else. "

    OnlineAthens: Top Headlines 2008

  • I guess should have prefaced my interest in films that challenge the viewer.

    Cine Cl�sico 2009

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