prepared
Americanadjective
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properly expectant, organized, or equipped; ready.
prepared for a hurricane.
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(of food) processed by the manufacturer or seller, by cooking, cleaning, or the like, so as to be ready to serve or use with little or no further preparation.
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Chronometer Partners’ Matthew Smith says investors and markets are not prepared for a natural-gas shortage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
For Celeste's parents, it was an ordeal they had prepared themselves for but could never fully anticipate, according to their lawyer.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
More than 1,000 individuals had IRA balances of at least $25 million in 2024, the latest year for which figures are available, according to new data prepared by the nonpartisan congressional Joint Committee on Taxation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
What's being prepared is phenomenal -- Airbus is entering propulsion, which is not necessarily in our nature.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
Feeling a lot better, he rummaged in his pack for one of the rolls of dried roe buck that he’d prepared – what seemed like moons ago.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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