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preparation

[prep-uh-rey-shuhn] / ˌprɛp əˈreɪ ʃən /




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Twice a week, students from Maxine Waters Employment Preparation Center trek to early education center classrooms.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

Preparation work to clear the Kidlington site started earlier this month amid concerns over the risk of fire and the impact that would have on the nearby A-road.

From BBC • Jan. 30, 2026

But at $30 for a 2-ounce tube, Norms costs less than the listed price of the Preparation H version, which comes out to $28.64 an ounce.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025

A short while later, in the shade of the metal girders, the Director of the Railway Authority's Construction Preparation Department Pavel Paidar shook his head in disagreement.

From BBC • Jul. 11, 2025

I can’t abide the Drills, but as I turn on the Green & muster, this Point keeps me a-marching: that we must be in utmost Preparation for the Battle, should it come.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson




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