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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "overture"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻ“āĻ­āĻžāϰāϚāĻžāϰ

the introductory piece of an opera, ballet, oratorio or any lengthy musical performance
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The opera began with a dramatic overture, hinting at the emotional journey that would unfold on stage.
āĻ…āĻĒ⧇āϰāĻž āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύāĻžāϟāϕ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻ“āĻ­āĻžāϰāϚāĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϝāĻž āĻŽāĻžā§āĻšā§‡ āϝ⧇ āφāĻŦ⧇āĻ—āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āϝāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻž āϘāϟāϤ⧇ āϚāϞ⧇āϛ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āχāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻŋāϤ āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āϝ⧋āĻ—āĻžāϝ⧋āĻ—, āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻĨāĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāĻŦ

a preliminary proposal intended to gauge others' reactions
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His overture to the union helped open negotiations.
āχāωāύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāύ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāĻŦ āφāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ“āĻ­āĻžāϰāϚāĻžāϰ, āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāĻŦāύāĻž

an introductory action, event, or offer that leads to something more significant
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The CEO ’s email served as an overture to the major policy changes announced later.
āϏāĻŋāχāĻ“āϰ āχāĻŽā§‡āϞāϟāĻŋ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻ˜ā§‹āώāĻŋāϤ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āύ⧀āϤāĻŋ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāĻŦāύāĻž āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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