How to Use preparatory in a Sentence

preparatory

adjective

• There is a lot of preparatory work involved in teaching.
• A lot of my preparatory work is always a focus on the structure of the film.
  — Patrick Frater, Variety, 14 Sep. 2023
• The review team is in the preparatory stages of the study, which is expected to take 12 weeks, Driscoll said.
  — John Hilliard, BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2018
• Over nine years, about $800 million had been spent on preparatory work for the plant.
  — Megan Geuss, Ars Technica, 31 Aug. 2017
• The other woman is in the preparatory course and hasn't yet made it to the assessment phase.
  — Lolita C. Baldor, Star Tribune, 15 July 2021
• But copies of the work, as well as a cartoon, or preparatory drawing, of the two kings, survive.
  — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Oct. 2022
• Richie sent him out with host Ryan Seacrest to do a little preparatory singing.
  — al, 17 Feb. 2020
• The company, made up of dancers ages 16 to 20, is a preparatory program for young dancers from all over the world.
  — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Mar. 2023
• In his book, Hind says that there was no preparatory drawing for Naked Woman.
  — Tony Tetro, Town & Country, 22 Nov. 2022
• Once again, since the Holocaust was not a subject of these preparatory talks, there was no reason to include them in my book.
  — Tim Parks, The New York Review of Books, 9 Nov. 2022
• Asheville School is a co-ed, college preparatory boarding and day school for students in grades 9 through 12.
  — charlotteobserver, 5 June 2017
• The funds covered some preparatory work to ensure the buildings in greater stages of decay would be safe enough for the public to enter.
  — Gregory Tejeda, Post-Tribune, 8 June 2017
• But this warehouse is more than just a preparatory staging ground.
  — Jordan Cutler-Tietjen, sacbee, 6 July 2018
• The first time around takes time because there is a lot of preparatory work to do, but much of that work will also apply to other smartphones.
  — Peter Sayer, PCWorld, 1 May 2017
• The closest thing to an elite preparatory institution in my hometown was the Catholic school.
  — James Poniewozik, New York Times, 5 Aug. 2019
• Proceeds of the run will go to the boys2MEN programs, which helps provide college preparatory programs at no cost to students.
  — Erica Boniface, The Know, 4 Mar. 2017
• But preparatory measures for most of the night’s guest list were already well underway.
  — Eliza Huber, refinery29.com, 5 May 2020
• Attend an elite preparatory high school Elite high schools send a high percentage of their student body to Ivy League schools.
  — Scott Behrens, USA TODAY College, 26 Apr. 2017
• Lead white should have been used in the preparatory ground layers and in the white paint, but only minimal quantities were present.
  — Quartz, 22 May 2021
• The Polish navy said the bomb was found last year during preparatory work to deepen a waterway leading to the port of Szczecin in the northwestern part of the country.
  — Fox News, 14 Oct. 2020
• Salem Academy is a college preparatory day and boarding school for girls in grades 9 through 12.
  — Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 22 Sep. 2021
• An idea hatched by the Dodgers’ front office, Smith’s few weeks with the club were a preparatory course designed to ease his ascension to the big leagues whenever he was called up to play.
  — Jorge Castillo, latimes.com, 6 June 2019
• But sometimes any preparatory measures may be to little or no avail.
  — Martin Shenkman, Forbes, 1 Apr. 2023
• The biggest bone thrown to Mrs May in Brussels was an agreement that the 27 will begin preparatory post-Brexit trade talks among themselves.
  — The Economist, 20 Oct. 2017
• The school also launched a preparatory program for Arabic speakers from East Jerusalem.
  — Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Aug. 2023
• The artists’ preparatory drafts made for large-scale public art projects have proven to be coveted items among collectors.
  — Angelica Villa For Artnews, Robb Report, 12 July 2021
• The hedge fund’s 43-acre property is being purchased by the Brunswick School, a college preparatory school for boys.
  — Saijel Kishan, Bloomberg.com, 18 July 2017
• The princess sat for more than 30 sittings at Shanks' studio in London to capture the image, which served as a preparatory study for a formal full-length portrait.
  — Breanna Bell, PEOPLE.com, 1 July 2022
• According to the complaint, Queen of Apostles removed windows from the church, which seems to be a preparatory move to the imminent razing of the building.
  — Evan Frank, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 May 2020
• Last December, the team turned its attention to the preparatory layers applied to the canvas.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 25 July 2024

Last Updated: 12 Nov 2024