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

Before proceeding, then, to the immediate measures for inducing sleep, let us consider the suitable preparatory measures.

From Why Worry? by Walton, George Lincoln

Anything in the way of a formal attack, which would necessarily be announced to the enemy by preparatory measures, would not be likely to succeed.

From Memoirs, Correspondence and Manuscripts of General Lafayette by Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de

These preparatory measures had all been taken in gloomy silence.

From Mathieu Ropars: et cetera by Young, William