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
David Browne, Rolling Stone, 9 May 2025
Then, rescuers prep the motorcyclist in a litter and carry them up the hillside as crews from higher ground above help reel the equipment up.
—Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 23 May 2025
Store your mixer away from busy prep and cooking areas, which tend to get messy.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 19 May 2025
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Verb
Sobule was in town to help prep a performance of her one-woman-with-band autobiographical musical, F*ck 7th Grade.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 9 May 2025
Then, rescuers prep the motorcyclist in a litter and carry them up the hillside as crews from higher ground above help reel the equipment up.
—Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Noun
The four are widely respected for their legal ventures, which span from representation of corporations including Alphabet, Apple and Amazon to campaign prep for former Vice President Harris and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 23 May 2025
Store your mixer away from busy prep and cooking areas, which tend to get messy.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 19 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prep
Verb
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Some observers insist Moscow could be prepared to launch more limited assaults on NATO soil as little as six months after the end of the war in Ukraine.—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 May 2025
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So each block has a director, and one block prepares and starts to shoot, then halfway [through] the other is prepping, and then starts to shoot.—
Mark Olsen,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2025
Noun
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Gonzalez had the girl skip school on two occasions, taking her to the beach and a park, according to the report.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
21 May 2025
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Tricia said the school’s prom guidelines did not specifically state that LGBTQ+ individuals were barred from attending school events.—
Abigail Adams,
People.com,
21 May 2025
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According to its website, Preston High School is an all-girls private Catholic college preparatory school founded in 1947 by the Sisters of the Divine Compassion.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
People.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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Mauldin allegedly committed these offenses while a teacher at Nathaniel Greene Academy, a Christian, K-12 college preparatory school in Siloam, approximately 80 miles east of Atlanta.—
Chris Spargo,
People.com,
26 Mar. 2025
Noun
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When Buckley arrived, a quarter of Yale students were legacies, and a third had gone to prep schools.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
26 May 2025
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By the turn of the century, even elite prep schools were starting to recruit international players.—
Dylan Scott,
Vox,
1 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The boat was carrying 60 tons of marble destined for Girard College, a boarding school that was under construction at the time.—
David Matthews,
New York Daily News,
22 May 2025
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Wendt attended Campion High School, a Jesuit boarding school for boys in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, and then Notre Dame — until he was expelled with a 0.0 GPA as a junior.—
Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
20 May 2025
Noun
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But back in the Dinamo academy, another player was the star.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
29 May 2025
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But Apple’s academy will be for small-to medium-sized businesses, according to Apple’s press release, not training workers or building infrastructure to produce iPhones the way it is done in China or India.—
Lisa Eadicicco,
CNN Money,
28 May 2025
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“Prep.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prep. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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