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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 That mission, known as Artemis 1, will be preparatory to a similar crewed mission that could be flown as early as 2024.—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 4 Nov. 2022 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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