primacy
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“It is about sustaining American military primacy, making other states fear and respect us,” Emma Ashford of the Stimson Center, a research group in Washington, explained in the article.
From Salon • Mar. 16, 2026
Mr. Maher complains about this, saying that while the Constitution gives primacy of power to Congress, in its current form the State of the Union exalts the president while diminishing the legislative branch.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026
For years, critics have argued that the dollar’s place of primacy would erode, to no avail.
From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026
Yet Janick’s success comes at a time when the primacy of the major label is arguably under threat.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026
The histories of the Fertile Crescent and China also hold a salutary lesson for the modern world: circumstances change, and past primacy is no guarantee of future primacy.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Vocabulary lists containing primacy
Power Suffix: -acy
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President Obama's Farewell Address
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4.3: Origins and Impact of the Western European Empires in the North Atlantic (Sources 1–9)
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