preparedness

Example Sentences

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Japan’s southwest capabilities, he said, are intended to signal its preparedness to China, but there is a problem: “We don’t know how much is enough,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

For decades, wildfires were considered a reactive emergency, but more disaster experts are looking for ways to apply proactive messaging, deployment and warning systems to fires — systems more akin to hurricane preparedness.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

According to Schneider, "there is a certain level of preparedness and prices are elevated but under control for the moment".

From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026

Congress gradually has expanded its understanding of national defense beyond U.S. military preparedness, the report noted.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 13, 2026

Among the benefits of marching is, of course, battle preparedness, as well as physical fitness, but it also helps a puffin think, and Major Puff had something important to think about at that moment.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el