preparatory
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By placing them side by side with his preparatory drawings, visitors can better understand Raphael's creative process.
From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026
Last week, British Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves said that Treasury officials were re-examining preparatory work undertaken during the 2022 Russia-Ukraine energy shock.
From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026
There had been no warnings or preparatory guidance from governments as the U.S. built up an armada offshore and diplomacy faltered.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026
Renoir stopped making preparatory studies between 1865 and 1875 when, like his Impressionist colleagues Claude Monet, Alfred Sisley and Camille Pissarro, he worked directly from the motif, without preliminaries.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 20, 2025
He began to revolve on his toes, preparatory to vanishing.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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