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


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Both sides hash it out at meetings of the fiscal court of Mason County, the primary government body overseeing the development.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

Netflix gets a higher percentage of viewership on its platform for programs whose primary audience are young adults compared to other streamers, he said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Texas, who lost the primary for U.S.

From Slate Aug. 14, 2026

To Carville’s credit, he’s said that he would support Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive who won Michigan’s Democratic primary for Senate, because his Republican opponent, former Rep. Mike Rogers, is a “clown.”

From Salon Aug. 14, 2026

Researchers also learned that the primary source of wound infection was not air, but contact with hands, instruments, and even drops from a surgeon's mouth and nose.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow

He became the latest party House incumbent to be ousted in the primaries.

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

This time, progressive and Black political organizations have largely united behind McKinney in a historically Black district, making the incumbent vulnerable to the anti-establishment mood sweeping Democratic primaries.

From Barron's Aug. 4, 2026

She listed some recent races where the progressive candidates had been outspent but won their primaries.

From Slate Jul. 30, 2026

Maine runs what are called semi-open primaries, in which unaffiliated voters can choose to vote in either major party’s primary.

From Salon Jul. 18, 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

"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

“I’ve been primaried my entire life. That would not be anything new for me. I’ve never run an election where I wasn’t primaried,” Mr. Manchin said.

From Washington Times Jan. 18, 2022

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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