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preparatory

[pri-par-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, -pair-, prep-er-uh-] / prɪˈpær əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i, -ˈpɛər-, ˈprɛp ər ə- /


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The rest of Zuul’s body remained trapped in the stone for more than a year as fossil preparators painstakingly chipped away at the rock.

From New York Times • Dec. 6, 2022

They also learn how to maintain galleries, assist preparators and collections managers, properly use tools and follow safety protocols.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 2, 2022

Fossil preparators have spent about 14,000 hours working on Dakota so far, and they expect to spend several thousand more hours with the remarkable mummy before their work is done.

From Scientific American • Oct. 14, 2022

In 2018, fossil preparators set about cleaning the specimen more thoroughly, and in that process, they uncovered markings that looked suspiciously like bite marks.

From Scientific American • Oct. 14, 2022

Claude Booker and Cecil Fergerson, art preparators at the museum, had formed the group in the aftermath of the 1965 Watts rebellion to agitate for diversified programming.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2020




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