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primary

[prahy-mer-ee, -muh-ree] / ˈpraɪ mɛr i, -mə ri /


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The difference: Louisiana at least has a reasonable distribution of fast chargers along its primary highways.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Lynne Tracy left Moscow in 2025 feeling she had accomplished her primary mission: the US Embassy had held firm.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

Moderna and Merck announced in August that the study met the primary and secondary endpoints, but the companies did not share any details about the data at the time.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

Rushing took on a larger role this season when primary catcher Will Smith was sidelined for three months by a nagging neck injury.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

After breakfast, Nali drove the two of them to the primary ceremonial site where the N’daa was going to take place.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young

Petersen said Unite Here had the largest ground operation of any union in the state during primaries in June and knocked on more than 300,000 doors.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

It didn't respond to a request for comment, but it has rejected suggestions that its influence is collapsing, saying hundreds of candidates it backed have won their primaries.

From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026

With Tuesday’s primaries in Wisconsin, Minnesota and South Carolina over, we’re down to fewer than a half dozen states that have contests left to go.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

And in June, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani endorsed a trio of progressive Democrats in the regions' US House races, all of whom won their primaries.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

In the final weeks of the primaries, Barack’s campaign began expanding my team to include a scheduler and a personal aide—Kristen Jarvis, a warmhearted former staffer from Barack’s U.S.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

One former lawmaker, Dallas’ Jason Villalba, knows what it’s like to be primaried by a GOP rival backed by insurgent groups.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 18, 2023

“He primaried me last year, so I’m not a shill, but I see this and I see how unfair it’s been.”

From Washington Times ● Jun. 9, 2023

"I see the biggest upswing in the local races. Someone who is 65 years old, a farmer and county commissioner, he could easily be primaried by a younger cat using the technology."

From Reuters ● May 30, 2023

Manchin brushed off the warning, saying, “I’ve been primaried my entire life. That would not be anything new for me.”

From The Guardian ● Jan. 19, 2022

According to the reporter, Manchin specifically said: "I've been primaried my entire life. That would not be anything new for me… It's rough and tumble. We're used to that. Bring it on."

From Salon ● Jan. 19, 2022

If he does, though, good luck to whichever next-big-thing in Massachusetts politics chooses to end their career by primarying him.

From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026

In 1998, the Working Families Party began testing the strategy: primarying the worst incumbents, endorsing the best and running third-party races only when it made sense.

From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2019

In Rhode Island, it is former secretary of state Matt Brown and Bernie Sanders-organizer Aaron Regunberg primarying Raimondo and her lieutenant governor.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 10, 2018


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