How to Use preparator in a Sentence

preparator

noun
  • Eight preparators were working at that moment at different fossils.
    — Michelle Weber, Longreads, 21 Apr. 2018
  • But as preparators carefully removed excess rock, Wang realized that the animal wasn't a bird at all.
    — National Geographic, 8 May 2019
  • Another preparator, Celeste Carballo, who wore a blue jumpsuit, was applying hairy tufts with a hot-glue gun.
    — Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Ryan’s former work as a preparator helped in designing Re-Tool 21′s curriculum, Williams said.
    — Darcel Rockett, chicagotribune.com, 10 Dec. 2019
  • The preparator is responsible for running the lab, curating the collection and training students to handle fossils.
    — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 18 June 2024
  • In fact, the paleontology program is losing funding for its preparator position in August.
    — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 18 June 2024
  • The center employs 64 stockkeepers, a media preparator, a kitchen assistant and five dishwashing personnel.
    — Star Tribune, 25 Dec. 2020
  • According to an exhibit label, the museum’s preparators spent 1,300 hours preparing the fossil for display.
    — Aaron Boorstein, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 May 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • For 17 years, scientists (including paleontologists, geologists and fossil preparators) have worked on a project involving a unique type of titanosaurus.
    — Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 16 June 2023
  • 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
  • Alison Douglas, an artist, and preparator at the Queensland Museum created an illustration of the prehistoric sea scorpion.
    — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 23 Feb. 2022
  • She was joined by Angelina Lippert, the museum’s lead curator, and Rob Leonardi, the exhibition’s preparator and fabricator.
    — Adlan Jackson, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2023
  • 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

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