primacy
Example Sentences
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Like professional athletes, online competitors can lose consistently and still maintain primacy based on records they have set years before.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
“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
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
Caltech hinted to Poillon that Lawrence’s claims for primacy in the discovery of induced radioactivity slighted results obtained first, or at least virtually concurrently, by Lauritsen.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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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