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LaMothe died of a heart attack last October while paddling his plane out from the shore of a lake in the Ontario bush, preparatory to flying out a party of four moose hunters.
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Doris Decleene, Outdoor Life, 25 Feb. 2026
But those 10 days will serve as a critical test for NASA’s giant Space Launch System (SLS) moon rocket and the Orion spacecraft, preparatory to lunar landings by Artemis III, IV, V, and beyond.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 29 Jan. 2026
The title honors Kleckner’s belief that the unfiltered, the gut-wrenching, the personal, the now, the raw are not preparatory to art, but its essential substance.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
The showcase is preparatory to Pacific Arts Movement’s San Diego Asian Film Festival which will return in the fall.
—David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Apr. 2024
So a necessary regime of discussion preparatory to reform is displaced by a regime of accusation and confession.
—David Bromwich, Harper's Magazine, 27 Oct. 2020
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Doris Decleene, Outdoor Life, 25 Feb. 2026
But those 10 days will serve as a critical test for NASA’s giant Space Launch System (SLS) moon rocket and the Orion spacecraft, preparatory to lunar landings by Artemis III, IV, V, and beyond.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 29 Jan. 2026
The title honors Kleckner’s belief that the unfiltered, the gut-wrenching, the personal, the now, the raw are not preparatory to art, but its essential substance.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
The showcase is preparatory to Pacific Arts Movement’s San Diego Asian Film Festival which will return in the fall.
—David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Apr. 2024
So a necessary regime of discussion preparatory to reform is displaced by a regime of accusation and confession.
—David Bromwich, Harper's Magazine, 27 Oct. 2020
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“Preparatory to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/preparatory%20to. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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