| food preparation | 5.20 | Food preparation was not among them. | ||
| last-minute preparation | 1.97 | No last-minute preparations. | ||
| security preparation | 1.97 | Coverage also includes footage of security preparations. | ||
| tax preparation | 1.84 | For consumers, e-filing eases the pain of tax preparation. | ||
| war preparation | 1.71 | North Korea calls them war preparations. | ||
| test preparation | 1.65 | Now the North may be trying to win new concessions with its missile test preparations. | ||
| debate preparation | 1.58 | Cheney, in Wyoming for debate preparation. | ||
| election preparation | 1.58 | Recent violence has also clouded election preparations. | ||
| bowel preparation | 1.18 | No bowel preparation was used. | ||
| advance preparation | 1.05 | Again, advance preparation is everything. | ||
| site preparation | 1.05 | Site preparation begins next year. | ||
| meal preparation | 0.92 | How can we make meal preparation faster and easier? | ||
| teacher preparation | 0.72 | Teacher preparation. | ||
| hurricane preparation | 0.66 | In Florida, hurricane preparations moved into high gear at dawn Thursday. | ||
| bismuth preparation | 0.53 | The results give further support to previous pilot studies with bismuth preparations. | ||
| funeral preparation | 0.53 | Funeral preparations were not immediately announced. | ||
| storm preparation | 0.53 | Teaching policy makers about storm preparation is key to mitigating damage. | ||
| police preparation | 0.46 | Protest leaders called the police preparations unnecessary and unwarranted. | ||
| holiday preparation | 0.39 | The food smelled good to her, reflecting the festive holiday preparation. | ||
| launch preparation | 0.39 | Pentagon officials said launch preparations were proceeding on schedule. |