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
Jakob Roze, Health, 27 Dec. 2025
New shipments of lobster, caught and processed in Maine, are flown overnight each day to local Cousins Maine Lobster commissaries to prep for the trucks.
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Isabelle Friedman, Boston Herald, 8 Jan. 2026
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When To Do Cardio Before Weights A short cardio burst before lifting is a great way to warm up, boost blood flow, and prep your body for strength work.
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The New England Patriots made the playoffs for the first time since 2021 and prep to face the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday night.
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Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui and Chris Williams planned to assist Fincke and Cardman in suiting up and preparing the tools and equipment that would be needed outside the space station.—
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How to prepare before strong winds approach Trim tree branches away from your house and power lines.—
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If your children do homework at the kitchen table instead of their bedrooms, find a spot to keep school supplies handy.—
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Instead, the program will change where the sales tax dollars go — redirecting dollars that would have otherwise been added to the state’s general fund to pay for highways, schools and other services to pay off the project’s debt and retire the bonds.—
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Founded in 2007, Pacific Ridge School serves over 650 students as an independent, nonprofit, college preparatory school for grades six through 12.—
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Located in Lisle, Illinois, Benet Academy is a private Catholic college preparatory school that competes in the East Suburban Catholic Conference.—
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The Holdovers Set in 1970s New England, The Holdovers follows a cranky prep school teacher (Paul Giamatti) who reluctantly supervises students stuck on campus over Christmas break.—
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Introduced in the first episode, the chance meeting between Dean and Rory lined up imperfectly with Rory’s acceptance to the prestigious prep school Chilton.—
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Years ago, the real Norma Dellacorte died and Agnes, her boarding school roommate, assumed her identity for a better life.—
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The youngest daughter, Harriet, a genius who can’t seem to stay out of trouble, is desperately trying to evade being shipped off to a wilderness-reform-boarding school.—
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The 22-year-old academy graduate will not play again for Liverpool this season but has yet to be ruled out of the World Cup if Northern Ireland qualify via the play-offs in March.—
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In the Portland, Oregon, suburb of Hillsboro, the school district has opened enrollment slots at its online academy, district spokesperson Beth Graser said.—
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“Prep.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prep. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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