preparative

as in preparatory
coming before the main part or item usually to introduce or prepare for what follows preparative warning that the injection was going to cause a modest amount of pain

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Recent Examples of preparative Just weeks after announcing a plan (or at least the preparative study of a plan) to reconstruct Park Avenue in its premodern, superior form, the city has just revealed a major makeover for Fifth. Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 17 Oct. 2024 One such approach involves utilizing advanced chromatography techniques like flash chromatography or preparative HPLC (High-Performance Liquid Chromatography). Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 12 Aug. 2023 Using photography as a preparative tool as well as an art form later in life reveals Degas to have been a more progressive artist that was willing to experiment. San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 July 2019 Gordon explains that the body has quite a bit of pre-labor preparative work to do. Tanya Ward Goodman, Orange County Register, 5 June 2017
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Adjective
  • Pade paints directly onto the canvas without a preparatory drawing, often smudging areas of the canvas with a cloth at the end of a day in her Paris studio.
    Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
  • The Club World Cup then starts on June 14, while some teams are likely to organise preparatory exhibition games ahead of the competition.
    Adam Crafton, New York Times, 22 May 2025
Adjective
  • Investigators at the time said preliminary evidence suggested a murder-suicide — an outcome their family members refused to believe.
    Javon Huynh, CNN Money, 23 May 2025
  • Police said their preliminary investigation indicates that the unidentified teen was handling a gun while recording her social media video when the firearm went off and struck her in the upper body.
    Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 23 May 2025
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  • From that ugly introductory victory, the film goes on to portray the remaining 15-odd years in Magellan’s ever-loftier, ever-hungrier career, though Diaz isn’t massively hung up on historical dates and particulars.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 28 May 2025
  • Students begin with three introductory modules, all available online now, then select an FSF discipline: design and product development, merchandising, marketing, or business strategy.
    Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 28 May 2025

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“Preparative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preparative. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

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