preparator
noun
pre·par·a·tor
pri-ˈper-ə-tər 
pri-ˈpa-rə-tər
: one that prepares
specifically
: a person who prepares scientific specimens or museum displays
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The art preparator is in charge of moving the work from place to place, while the curator handles the work in the studio.
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Courtney Lane, Kansas City Star, 27 May 2025
Bourque, a fossil preparator in the Florida Museum’s vertebrate paleontology division, and his colleague Edward Stanley, who directs the museum’s digital imaging laboratory, described the new species in a paper published last month in the Journal of Paleontology.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 May 2025
Oldest tegu in North America The road to discovering the new species, and new genus, began when Jason Bourque, the study author and fossil preparator for the Florida Museum of Natural History, came across an unidentified vertebra in storage.
—Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 12 May 2025
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Mr. Duncan, who grew up in the Atlanta area, is an art preparator for Gagosian Gallery, a role that entails installing, packing, and shipping art.
—Shivani Vora, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
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Courtney Lane, Kansas City Star, 27 May 2025
Bourque, a fossil preparator in the Florida Museum’s vertebrate paleontology division, and his colleague Edward Stanley, who directs the museum’s digital imaging laboratory, described the new species in a paper published last month in the Journal of Paleontology.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 May 2025
Oldest tegu in North America The road to discovering the new species, and new genus, began when Jason Bourque, the study author and fossil preparator for the Florida Museum of Natural History, came across an unidentified vertebra in storage.
—Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 12 May 2025
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How the ‘Manosphere’ Became Mainstream Entertainment
Mr. Duncan, who grew up in the Atlanta area, is an art preparator for Gagosian Gallery, a role that entails installing, packing, and shipping art.
—Shivani Vora, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for preparator
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“Preparator.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/preparator. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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