: something (such as a television show or segment) that leads into something else
a lead-in to the commercial
lead-in
adjective
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Grosse Pointe Garden Society, which originally launched behind Suits: LA on Sunday, also just got a linear ratings bump in its move to the Friday 8 p.m. slot with a stronger lead-in.
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Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 8 Apr. 2025
Both have been respectable performers, with the former taking advantage of its sizable Voice lead-in on NBC.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 8 Apr. 2025
This collaboration of two famous anime studios, Sunrise (Mobile Suit Gundam) and Khara (Evangelion, Shin Godzilla), is a lead-in film to a new TV series which will air later this spring.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 2 Mar. 2025
Other partnerships this year inside heavy promotion during ESPN’s coverage of the NBA on ABC earlier in the day, as a lead-in to Oscar night, and the return of ESPN’s Oscars Pick ‘Em game.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 27 Feb. 2025
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Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 8 Apr. 2025
Both have been respectable performers, with the former taking advantage of its sizable Voice lead-in on NBC.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 8 Apr. 2025
This collaboration of two famous anime studios, Sunrise (Mobile Suit Gundam) and Khara (Evangelion, Shin Godzilla), is a lead-in film to a new TV series which will air later this spring.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 2 Mar. 2025
Other partnerships this year inside heavy promotion during ESPN’s coverage of the NBA on ABC earlier in the day, as a lead-in to Oscar night, and the return of ESPN’s Oscars Pick ‘Em game.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 27 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for lead-in
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“Lead-in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lead-in. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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