preparatory measures
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Economists at S&P Global Ratings said preparatory measures, from larger grain reserves to investments in water management, should shield exposed Asian economies—even if “El Niño’s wrath is unavoidable.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
While some of his clients install these doors for entertainment, Humble tells The Times he feels safer with his preparatory measures in place.
From Salon ● Apr. 28, 2025
Last week the court brushed off the Governor's suit in one terse paragraph, which said that the presence of troops was part of "purely preparatory measures," and harmed no one.
From Time Magazine Archive
These preparatory measures being effected, Diocles, at that time general of the horse, with all the cavalry, set out under pretext of escorting to his home the exile, who was his guest.
From The History of Rome, Books 27 to 36 by Titus Livius
A sufficient dose of tannate of pelletierine is 30–40 centigrams in wafer form, followed by a purge and with the other precautions and preparatory measures mentioned above.
From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Jerome Beers Thomas
