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[ verb ] be a precursor of

Examples

"The fall of the Berlin Wall ushered in the post-Cold War period"

Used in print

(The Rev. John A. O'Brien, "Let's Take Birth Control...)

The attempt to enforce that belief ushered_in a reign of bootleggers , racketeers , hijackers and gangsters that led to a breakdown of law unparalleled in our history .

Related terms

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