preparatory measures

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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

At the same time the tariff was revised, and preparatory measures taken for the levy of internal taxes.

From The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government by Davis, Jefferson

Anything in the way of a formal attack, which would necessarily be announced to the enemy by preparatory measures, would not be likely to succeed.

From Memoirs, Correspondence and Manuscripts of General Lafayette by Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de

On the 26th she had prescribed for the railroads the preparatory measures for concentration.

From New York Times Current History: The European War from the Beginning to March 1915, Vol 1, No. 2 Who Began the War, and Why? by Various