preparations

plural of preparation

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of preparations And preparations to be TV-ready. Erin Jensen, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025 When To Use Fresh Herbs Fresh herbs offer a burst of vibrant flavor and color, and are ideal for fresh finishes and raw preparations. Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 11 Sep. 2025 The company is also starting preparations for another tunnel system below the city of Nashville. Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025 Tuesday’s meeting and preparations for a special session on guns come as gun-control groups and others continue to press politicians to take action. Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 10 Sep. 2025 The 16th Five-Year Plan will launch next year, with preparations already underway. Brendan Ahern, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025 Sources at Valencia said their team’s preparations for the game were made more complicated by the situation this week, with logistical arrangements having to be finalised at the last minute. Pol Ballus, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025 Nearly the entire American Ryder Cup team is in Napa Valley to play the Procore Championship as part of their Ryder Cup preparations. Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025 The Skokie Concert Choir is welcoming people who like to sing in the car with the windows rolled up to get out of the vehicle and join their camaraderie, music and preparations for two performances this season. Myrna Petlicki, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for preparations
Noun
  • Mads Claus Rasmussen | Afp | Getty Images Skovronsky thinks that pills could eventually become the primary way that obesity is treated around the world, and that oral drugs could have a larger market share than injectables.
    Angelica Peebles, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Tidmarsh said the committees would still be consulted on general issues like how to regulate different classes of drugs.
    Arthur Allen, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Today, tens of millions of Medicare beneficiaries rely on Part D to afford their medications.
    Jeffrey Kopp, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Amen pointed out that beta blockers do not cause cravings or withdrawals like other anti-anxiety medications.
    Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • While patients with diabetes take doses that increase every four weeks, microdosing entails using a low-level dose that doesn’t go up.
    Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Four doses of the polio vaccine or three if the third dose was given after the age of 4.
    Lily Altavena, Freep.com, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Preparations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preparations. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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