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
Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
Afterward, the prep work comes into play.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Aug. 2025
To master the everything shower, start with a high-quality body scrub to exfoliate and prep your skin.
—Nora Colomer
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Verb
Meanwhile, prep the pickled onions and refrigerate, alongside the pork.
—Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
Afterward, the prep work comes into play.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
Students will graduate with a doctorate of medicine which preps them to become physicians.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Aug. 2025
To master the everything shower, start with a high-quality body scrub to exfoliate and prep your skin.
—Nora Colomer
May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 19 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prep
Verb
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The San Diego State football team, idle over the weekend, has had two weeks to prepare for this weekend’s nonconference game against Cal.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Sep. 2025
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Or preparing their kid for what is next in life.—
Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Only about 3% of this year's participating students came from D-or-F-rated schools, which Smith said reflected little change from the previous year.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
12 Sep. 2025
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Kirk, 31, is a right-wing political activist and co-founder of the Turning Point USA nonprofit that promotes far-right policies and politics on high school and college campuses.—
Zachary Folk,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 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
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Schott posted a video to Instagram on Wednesday to commend the K-12 preparatory school's low rate.—
Marley Malenfant,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
Noun
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This led them to their respective destinations, strong prep school programs that are a short drive away.—
Jack Murray,
Boston Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
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Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis began a new school year at the Lambrook School last week, kicking off their final year attending the coeducational prep school together.—
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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That first picture, for instance, is a satisfyingly arch self-portrait, capturing one of the headmasters from the boarding school Shore attended taking a group photo of a soccer team, and showing Shore’s shadow creeping up the edge of the man’s coat from behind.—
Chris Wiley,
New Yorker,
9 Sep. 2025
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Fairbanks writes of those happy times helping her grandmother do the laundry by hand, working in the garden and listening to family lore, including her grandmother’s time at an Indian boarding school where her culture was forbidden.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Former academy director Wilcox took a detour to Southampton before reaching Old Trafford.—
Jordan Campbell,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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Such a sum of money would have represented pure profit for the Blaugrana, with Fermin being a La Masia academy product, and also helped the club stay on the right side of Financial Fair Play (FFP) limits.—
Tom Sanderson,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Prep.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prep. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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