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
Robin Miller, AZCentral.com, 20 Feb. 2026
Needing to prep for her race, Humphries spent her first night away from Aulden this week.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 17 Feb. 2026
Alison Herman, Variety, 11 Mar. 2026
Tabaran uses it as both a hair-styling prep and a heat protectant suitable for all hair types, delivering up to 25 multipurpose benefits via a weightless, milky mist.
—Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 10 Mar. 2026
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Verb
To prep this dish in advance, make the sauce as directed, without adding the eggs.
—Robin Miller, AZCentral.com, 20 Feb. 2026
Needing to prep for her race, Humphries spent her first night away from Aulden this week.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 17 Feb. 2026
Noun
His prep for the follow-up was slightly more intense, involving free dives of up to 15 meters in a French swimming pool under a coach’s supervision.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 11 Mar. 2026
Tabaran uses it as both a hair-styling prep and a heat protectant suitable for all hair types, delivering up to 25 multipurpose benefits via a weightless, milky mist.
—Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 10 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prep
Verb
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Still, nothing could have prepared us for the 2026 Oscars, where Anne Hathaway joined Wintour on stage to present the awards for achievement in costume design and achievement in makeup and hairstyling.—
Sam Reed,
Glamour,
16 Mar. 2026
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How to prepare before strong winds approach Trim tree branches away from your house and power lines.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
16 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Rusadze didn’t attend fashion school, but grew up learning from local Georgian artisans, before launching Situationist in 2016.—
Lucy Maguire,
Vogue,
10 Mar. 2026
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The hotel is also collaborating with government technical schools to develop a training program, contributing to educational advancement and offering a career path to residents.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 Mar. 2026
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The trailer depicts the duo navigating Aunt Lydia’s elite preparatory school for future wives, where obedience is instilled into the young female students.—
Arushi Jacob,
Variety,
5 Mar. 2026
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Sugar Bowl Resort confirmed that many of the people on the trip were connected with Sugar Bowl Academy, an elite ski and snowboarding preparatory school in Donner Pass.—
Ariane Lange,
Sacbee.com,
20 Feb. 2026
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The state does have a long history in women’s hockey, as the prep school’s began fielding teams more than 50 years ago.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
8 Mar. 2026
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Sophomore guard Roosevelt Thomas also left for a prep school in the middle of the winter.—
Patrick Z. McGavin,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2026
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Two days earlier, Allman had been arrested for causing a disturbance at a boarding school in Concord.—
Colleen Cronin,
Boston Herald,
2 Mar. 2026
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During his senior year at a boarding school in Pretoria, American colleges aggressively recruited Bennett, who won the stroke-play portion of the 2023 Nomads South Africa Boys Under-19 Championship by 21 strokes.—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 Mar. 2026
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On the academy’s streaming platform — even Oscar voting is streamed — voters had to check a box attesting to having watched each nominee before voting in a category.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 Mar. 2026
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The awards are part of AFAA’s broader programming slate, which include Asian cinema screenings and the academy’s Journey to the Festivals initiative, through which students are escorted to film festivals worldwide.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
15 Mar. 2026
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“Prep.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prep. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.
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