How to Use preparator in a Sentence
preparator
noun-
Many of the slabs have been transferred to Beijing, where preparators are getting them ready for display.
— Michelle Weber, Longreads, 21 Apr. 2018 -
Ryan’s former work as a preparator helped in designing Re-Tool 21′s curriculum, Williams said.
— Darcel Rockett, chicagotribune.com, 10 Dec. 2019 -
But as preparators carefully removed excess rock, Wang realized that the animal wasn't a bird at all.
— National Geographic, 8 May 2019 -
Eight preparators were working at that moment at different fossils.
— Michelle Weber, Longreads, 21 Apr. 2018 -
Local preparator Margarito González González, the only Mexican co-author on the paper, cleaned and prepared the fossil.
— Rodrigo Pérez Ortega, Science | AAAS, 15 Apr. 2021 -
Tynsky’s horse, with the limestone coating carefully cleaned off by a preparator, quickly attracted a $1 million offer, rumored to be from the Field Museum.
— Richard Conniff, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Aug. 2022 -
Claude Booker and Cecil Fergerson, art preparators at the museum, had formed the group in the aftermath of the 1965 Watts rebellion to agitate for diversified programming.
— Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2020 -
The next day, Hodnett met with Tom Suazo, the museum’s fossil preparator, who showed him several other fossils that paleontologists had found nearby.
— Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Apr. 2021 -
The center employs 64 stockkeepers, a media preparator, a kitchen assistant and five dishwashing personnel.
— Star Tribune, 25 Dec. 2020 -
Alison Douglas, an artist, and preparator at the Queensland Museum created an illustration of the prehistoric sea scorpion.
— Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 23 Feb. 2022 -
The once hard-to-find venue with terrible climate control and poor access for the disabled will soon be an institution unto itself: galleries, preparator’s studio, education studio, lobby, offices, and an elevator.
— BostonGlobe.com, 11 Oct. 2019
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