primer

Example Sentences

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His 2024 book, “Iran,” is the best primer available on the nation’s modern history.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

In an investment primer over the summer, BofA Securities analysts dubbed the advent of quantum computing “the next fire moment,” or the biggest and most consequential technological development in hundreds of thousands of years.

From Barron's • Mar. 6, 2026

Mrie’s memoir is a useful primer, if hardly the last word, on the complexities of the civil war and the shortcomings of the rebel forces.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

This was just a primer for the assault on the senses that is Shangri-La.

From BBC • Jun. 28, 2025

It’s like I’m getting a primer coat of ugly for the day.

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina