in preparation

idiom

: being made
Plans for the next edition are already in preparation.

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The Turner Theater inside The Factory at Franklin will soon raise the house lights in preparation for Studio Tenn's 16th season as other organizational changes take effect after a monumental 15th year. Gabrielle Chenault, Nashville Tennessean, 1 Oct. 2025 Advertisement Linda Bilmes, a senior lecturer in public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, says that many of the costs involved in a government shutdown, separate to those calculated by the CBO, build up in preparation of a shutdown. Callum Sutherland, Time, 30 Sep. 2025 Burnett clapped her hands together and sat up straight in preparation. Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025 The spacecraft will now be inspected and tested ahead of integration with the 322-foot-tall (98 meters) New Glenn rocket in preparation for launch, which is scheduled to occur no earlier than this fall. Andrew Jones, Space.com, 24 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for in preparation

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“In preparation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20preparation. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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