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
Sarah Han, Allure, 16 Feb. 2025
The event calls for volunteers to prep and deliver meals, with prep from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and meal delivery and serving from noon to 1 p.m.
—Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
Urmila Ramakrishnan, Bon Appétit, 1 Mar. 2025
Features, per the listing, include: Open-concept layout Wood-burning stove
Skylight
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There’s also a 1,200-square-foot workshop on the property so a prepper can be extra diligent in their end-of-the-world prep.
—Tj MacIas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Feb. 2025
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Verb
Meanwhile, these enriching formulas also help prep your complexion for the rest of your skin-care routine—serums, moisturizers, and the like—and promote deeper absorption.
—Sarah Han, Allure, 16 Feb. 2025
The event calls for volunteers to prep and deliver meals, with prep from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and meal delivery and serving from noon to 1 p.m.
—Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
Noun
The batter can be made and stored in the fridge for the week as part of your meal prep, or stored in your freezer for up to three months.
—Urmila Ramakrishnan, Bon Appétit, 1 Mar. 2025
Features, per the listing, include: Open-concept layout Wood-burning stove
Skylight
Bar
There’s also a 1,200-square-foot workshop on the property so a prepper can be extra diligent in their end-of-the-world prep.
—Tj MacIas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Feb. 2025
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Verb
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Also making the rounds was Sarah Burton, who was preparing to show her debut collection for Givenchy on Friday and will be joining the LVMH Prize jury as a result.—
Joelle Diderich,
WWD,
6 Mar. 2025
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House of the Little Pig regularly will bring in animals for Posada to prepare.—
Michael Deeds,
Idaho Statesman,
6 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The company sold software to schools, which relied on manual processes and paper checks to make payments.—
Ryan Lawler,
Axios,
26 Feb. 2025
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Going forward, schools will be allowed to establish a fund of $21 million, possibly more, to offer athletes as revenue sharing.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
26 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Founded in 2007, Pacific Ridge School serves over 660 students as an independent, nonprofit, college preparatory school for grades six through 12.—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Jan. 2025
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About 600 girls up to ninth grade attend this elementary/preparatory school, located inside the Qalandia refugee camp.—
Scott Neuman,
NPR,
3 Dec. 2024
Noun
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His father was a church organist who taught in Lutheran elementary schools, and Marty attended a Lutheran prep school.—
Bob Goldsborough,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Feb. 2025
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Earlier this week, Newsweek reported that Barron Trump was starting a real-estate firm with a friend from his Palm Beach prep school and an Idaho real-estate developer.—
Kim Velsey,
Curbed,
23 Jan. 2025
Noun
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This artwork was inspired by an outbreak of a mysterious illness in 2006 that afflicted hundreds of girls at a boarding school in Chalco, Mexico.—
Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,
Harper's Magazine,
21 Feb. 2025
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This film tells the story of one of them, Angelita Perez, who lived in Russian boarding schools from ages 4 to 24 until completing her medical studies in Moscow.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
20 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The academy is an all-female entry-level racing series.—
Brooke Holder,
The Christian Science Monitor,
4 Mar. 2025
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But the film academy is hoping to lighten the mood — at least for one night.—
Daniel Arkin,
NBC News,
1 Mar. 2025
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“Prep.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prep. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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