primary
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With the top two candidates in the primary advancing, many Democratic-leaning voters appear to be waiting for a clear leader to emerge, political analysts say.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
"To me the diamonds have failed us," says Abubakar Amara, a primary school teacher in Kono.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
Beyond the headline inflation index for personal-consumption expenditures—the Fed’s primary metric—specialized inflation gauges produced by the Fed’s regional reserve banks are also largely pointing to stubbornly elevated price increases, she said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
Betting markets recently were giving Steyer between a 17% and 20% chance of advancing beyond the primary election.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026
We both served on the boards of several nonprofits, and as much as he’d been stung by his defeat in the congressional primary, Barack still had ideas about trying for a higher office.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
Vocabulary lists containing primary
Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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The SAT: Language of the Test, List 3
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The Language of Standardized Tests, List 2
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