How to Use prefix in a Sentence

prefix

noun
  • The next three are a prefix assigned to a switch within the area code.
    — Jo Craven McGinty, WSJ, 4 Aug. 2017
  • The prefix pan- suggests the whole of the universe or mankind.
    — Katy Steinmetz, Time, 9 Mar. 2020
  • There are times when the prefix seems harmless, even charming.
    — Katy Waldman, Slate Magazine, 6 Jan. 2017
  • There is no hard-and-fast rule on when to use a hyphen after a pre- or post- prefix.
    — WSJ, 5 Apr. 2022
  • Unlike with celecoxib, the prefix shouldn’t hark back to the name-brand drug.
    — Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2019
  • This consists of the pages with the https prefix in their URLs.
    — Don Dodds, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2023
  • The prefix 'un-' means 'not' or 'the opposite of', while the root word 'tigan' means 'to tie or bind'.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 26 Mar. 2023
  • The artistry comes in the assignation of a prefix, Shubat said.
    — Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2019
  • That is one of four hallmarks of the disorder, hence the prefix tetra-, from the Greek for four.
    — Tom Avril, Philly.com, 9 Mar. 2018
  • The negation as a prefix signals this part of our identity is never enough.
    — Ching Ching Tan, CNN, 18 Dec. 2021
  • Your website may be available in multiple prefixes, such as www, http and https.
    — Don Dodds, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2023
  • The prefix ka can be interpreted in a range of ways, providing a key to the true meaning of this phrase.
    — Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 3 Jan. 2022
  • Many of the numbers in the six affected area codes begin with the 988 prefix.
    — Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Oct. 2021
  • Though the prefix dire often means terrible, dire wolves weren’t quite the monstrosities that their name implies.
    — Connor Lynch, Discover Magazine, 14 Dec. 2022
  • That SuperSport prefix is borrowed from the hot Chevys of yore.
    — Barry Winfield, Car and Driver, 20 July 2023
  • Ash’s series declares its intention to move against the grain with a prefix that stands in stark defiance of the latter.
    — Josh Weiss, Forbes, 2 June 2021
  • Comets for which a reliable orbit has not been calculated get an X prefix.
    — Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 7 Aug. 2019
  • This root also produced the hoity-toity prefix pyro-, which the Normans brought to England via Greek.
    — Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 May 2021
  • The 835 prefix is still used widely for Glencoe landlines today.
    — Daniel I. Dorfman, chicagotribune.com, 10 July 2017
  • Back in 1993, when the word cyberwar, as it’s used today, was coined, the prefix had more currency.
    — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2022
  • Singapore Airlines had by far the most options for prefixes with the same standard gender options.
    — Bridget Hallinan, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Sep. 2018
  • Consistent prefix consistency guarantees that end users never see out-of-order reads, but data may not be up to date.
    — Blair Hanley Frank, PCWorld, 10 May 2017
  • Trillium are one of the most easily recognizable spring blooms; the tri- prefix in their name is a reminder to look for flowers with three white petals and three broad leaves.
    — Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2022
  • Removing the prefix is a good step in affirming that women belong in the entrepreneurial space.
    — Nicole Serena Silver, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2023
  • The comet will likely be renamed with the prefix 2I/ according to standard nomenclature.
    — Mara Johnson-Groh, Discover Magazine, 15 Sep. 2019
  • Ka, a one-letter Hebrew prefix that could easily be overlooked, teaches – as does the moon – that the darkest moments contain sparks of hope.
    — Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 3 Jan. 2022
  • The various kinds of antimatter are almost all named using the anti- prefix, like quark versus antiquark.
    — Caroline Delbert and Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 29 July 2021
  • This safeguard is removed as a result of the prefix truncation, which realigns sequence numbers to allow for message injection in the first place.
    — Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 19 Dec. 2023
  • In the early days of paleontology, slapping a –saurus on a Greek or Latin prefix was all that was necessary.
    — Brian Switek, Smithsonian, 20 Mar. 2017
  • The company stated that, going forward, all its unmanned systems will be designated with the ‘U’ prefix.
    — Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 10 June 2026

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