preparatory measures

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While some of his clients install these doors for entertainment, Humble tells The Times he feels safer with his preparatory measures in place.

From Salon • Apr. 28, 2025

Last week the court brushed off the Governor's suit in one terse paragraph, which said that the presence of troops was part of "purely preparatory measures," and harmed no one.

From Time Magazine Archive

These preparatory measures being effected, Diocles, at that time general of the horse, with all the cavalry, set out under pretext of escorting to his home the exile, who was his guest.

From The History of Rome, Books 27 to 36 by Livius, Titus

Such losses are five times greater than those of killed and wounded; and an intelligent administration takes preparatory measures to meet the losses and to compensate them.

From Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 by De Gurowski, Adam G., count

On the 26th she had prescribed for the railroads the preparatory measures for concentration.

From New York Times Current History: The European War from the Beginning to March 1915, Vol 1, No. 2 Who Began the War, and Why? by Various