as in to prepare
to make ready in advance
the cooking time is considerably shortened if you've prepped the chicken the night before
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Recent Examples of prep
Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2025
Arte Cafe had been using the basement space in the adjoining townhouse at 110 West 73rd Street for restaurant seating and the cellar below it as a prep room.
—Clio Chang, Curbed, 14 Oct. 2025
Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2025
The best way to prep these chicken fingers in advance is to prep the individual steps; but wait to coat and bake them.
—Robin Miller, AZCentral.com, 18 Sep. 2025
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Verb
What’s really hilarious about this entire thing is that apparently not one person did any prep for this interview.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2025
Arte Cafe had been using the basement space in the adjoining townhouse at 110 West 73rd Street for restaurant seating and the cellar below it as a prep room.
—Clio Chang, Curbed, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
The YouTuber preps the helicopter, checks the instruments, and takes off, enjoying the freedom of ultralight flight while relying on just a few controls.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2025
The best way to prep these chicken fingers in advance is to prep the individual steps; but wait to coat and bake them.
—Robin Miller, AZCentral.com, 18 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prep
Verb
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Amazon is preparing to cut as much as 15% of its human resources staff, with additional layoffs likely in other divisions, according to multiple sources familiar with the plans.—
Jason Del Rey,
Fortune,
15 Oct. 2025
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From frustrating sick days to healing family time and back to the ballroom, see Jen preparing to take on the Viennese Waltz below!—
Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
14 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Smith instead signed with Indiana over several Big Ten and SEC programs, then stayed in Bloomington despite numerous schools trying to pry him away the last few years — especially after Indiana’s coaching change following the 2023 season.—
Dane Brugler,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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New York — Pierre-Auguste Renoir was one of the leaders of the Impressionist school of painting, established in 1874 by a group of French artists, whose loose brushwork and brightly colored paints created a sense of spontaneity and modernity.—
Jane Levere,
CNN Money,
16 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Jesuit was founded in 1963 as the capital region’s only all-boys Catholic college preparatory school and has a student body of 953 as of the current school year, according to its website.—
Lia Russell,
Sacbee.com,
5 Oct. 2025
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According to multiple sources, including a letter from the bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Southeast Florida and a statement from The Webb School, a college preparatory school in Tennessee, the Hardin family’s home in Hunt, Texas, was washed away by floodwaters while the family was inside.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
11 July 2025
Noun
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Others will go to a prep school with an eye toward a college soccer scholarship.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Sep. 2025
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Rory, a studious and introverted teen whose dream of attending Harvard began at age three, is a sophomore at the prestigious, fictional Chilton prep school.—
Diana Leyva,
Nashville Tennessean,
22 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Despite their magical abilities, Potter and his friends Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger faced the same problems as regular pre-teens and teens navigating life in boarding school.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
12 Oct. 2025
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Then again, even the fictional boarding school for witches and wizards in the Harry Potter series did not have a production line like Barcelona’s academy.—
Laia Cervelló Herrero,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Roufus began training in martial arts at the age of 4, according to the academy's website.—
Cleo Krejci,
jsonline.com,
18 Oct. 2025
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While so many arts institutions have struggled to survive, her academy continues to thrive and pour into young dancers year after year.—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
18 Oct. 2025
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“Prep.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prep. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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