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Even tax software used for self-preparation may require this in order to reduce manual data entry errors.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

Rather than slapdash plans for protests, there are more calls for self-care and self-preparation, like stocking up on Plan B and gender-affirming hormones.

From Slate • Nov. 18, 2024

Pay we must in time, in thought, in perseverance and patience, in study of the problems and self-preparation for the task.

From The Social Emergency Studies in Sex Hygiene and Morals by Foster, William Trufant

There you had the very essence of Benham, the idea of self-examination, self-preparation under a vague Theocracy.

From The Research Magnificent by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

He devoted himself to self-preparation with the assiduity of Petrarch or of Goethe, "In wearisome labour and studious watchings I have tired out almost a whole youth."

From Milton by Pattison, Mark