countdowns

noun

plural of countdown
as in overtures

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  1. overtures
  2. preliminaries
  3. preambles
  4. preludes
  5. warm-ups
Noun
  • His music put melody and relatability ahead of acrobatics, and his overtures still had swagger.
    — Clover Hope, Pitchfork, 25 Oct. 2026
  • The protests came ahead of next month’s snap election as Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s Socialist Party criticized the conservative opposition Popular Party for making overtures about privatizing public pensions.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of overtures
Noun
  • This year’s Miss World competition recently made headlines during the preliminaries when Ugandan delegate Elle Muhoza made a powerful fashion statement.
    — Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2026
  • But all of that was just the preliminaries for Grady Emerson.
    — John Romano, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 July 2026
Definition of preliminaries
Noun
  • The rest were preambles or dead ends.
    — Dan Turello, New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Unless needed for clarity, avoid long preambles.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2025
Definition of preambles
Noun
  • By her own admission, the preludes and parallels of a musical composition are woven into the very structure of the novel.
    — Sky Davis, Christian Science Monitor, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of preludes
Noun
  • Starting left tackle Elijah Paige had been scratched in pregame warm-ups at Penn State.
    — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
  • These runners don't expect to get those warm-ups back either.
    — Jack Springgate, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of warm-ups
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