How to Use preparedness in a Sentence

preparedness

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  • The military is in a state of preparedness.
  • But that sense of self-reliance and preparedness is one of the many things trail runners grow to love.
    — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Days of preparedness ahead of Hilary appear to have paid off in L.A.
    — Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Much of it was based on the premise that the basics of emergency preparedness are the same for any real-life disaster.
    — Nate Trela, USA TODAY, 12 May 2023
  • Both were involved in a group that promotes preparedness for the biblical end times.
    — Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 3 Apr. 2024
  • To focus on Israel’s preparedness in no way excuses the Hamas attacks and is not meant to blame the victim.
    — Juliette Kayyem, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2023
  • For one thing, the future of Mr. Netanyahu, whom many Israelis blame for the lack of preparedness on Oct. 7, is highly uncertain.
    — Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Even when Africans led the world in pandemic preparedness, they were treated with contempt.
    — Mark Suzman september 8, Foreign Affairs, 8 Sep. 2023
  • But that’s all the more reason for government preparedness.
    — Mary Anastasia O’Grady, WSJ, 5 Nov. 2023
  • Friends and former colleagues said that Ms. Perino has a knack for preparedness that exceeds most.
    — Jeremy W. Peters, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2023
  • The fact that Kennedy had a bunker at all, albeit an unused one, placed him in the minority in terms of preparedness for nuclear war.
    — Jenn Morson, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Feb. 2023
  • They were flanked by tanks, missiles and other weapons in a show of military preparedness and readiness.
    — Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Jackson seemed to hit a new level of preparedness in the days leading up to his showdown with the Chiefs and the gold standard at his position, Patrick Mahomes.
    — Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 2 Feb. 2024
  • At his pro day, Carter also had gained weight and struggled to make it through his drills, calling into question his preparedness.
    — Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Failure to make sweeping changes could add to a growing lack of trust in the agency post-pandemic and threaten the nation's preparedness for the next public health threat.
    — Sam Whitehead, CBS News, 16 Aug. 2023
  • That gap in funding for climate preparedness is leaving the world exposed, according to the report.
    — Denise Chow, NBC News, 2 Nov. 2023
  • The state's fire preparedness level was raised to a three, meaning outside help from other agencies, regions or states may be required to battle the blazes.
    — Nigel Chiwaya, NBC News, 29 Feb. 2024
  • There must be a commitment to preparedness and excellence and the absence of a sense of entitlement.
    — Tony Safoian, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Make a plan to evacuate and put together preparedness kits.
    — David Oliver, USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2023
  • This type of event would strain any country irrespective of its level of preparedness.
    — Sophie Hills, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Feb. 2023
  • Every recent study of the subject comes to the same conclusion: less than 31 vessels means an erosion of preparedness for future crises.
    — Loren Thompson, Forbes, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Reservist pilots, who are crucial to the air force’s preparedness and combat power, threatened to withdraw from service if the laws were passed.
    — Aluf Benn, Foreign Affairs, 7 Feb. 2024
  • As a director of disaster preparedness, my work is to imagine every worst-case scenario and for each of these scenarios to have a back-up plan and a back-up to the back-up plan.
    — Mary C. Meyer, STAT, 1 Aug. 2023
  • The failure of Israel’s intelligence and preparedness is second only to that in 1973.
    — Natan Sachs, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2023
  • But at the center of earthquake preparedness is, arguably, the field’s most controversial area of research: predicting when a quake will strike.
    — Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Jan. 2024
  • But some of the other shortages that occurred caught even people steeped in pandemic preparedness by surprise.
    — Helen Branswell, STAT, 27 Dec. 2022
  • Concerns about China’s invasion, and Taiwan’s preparedness to withstand it, have increased since the war in Ukraine.
    — Huizhong Wu and Johnson Lai, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Mar. 2023
  • The event gives shoppers the opportunity to purchase severe weather preparedness items free of states sales tax.
    — Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 24 Feb. 2023
  • The experts below are available to share ways people can protect themselves from the upcoming cold and flu season, as well as share preparedness items to keep on hand and how to treat symptoms at the first sign.
    — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 25 Oct. 2023
  • There has been growing criticism of the country’s preparedness for the quake, whether through policies to mitigate the economic impact or prevent the scale of the damage seen in the disaster.
    — Abbas Al Lawati, CNN, 6 Mar. 2023

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