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[prahym] / praɪm /






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The Budget comes ahead of the first substantive meeting between the prime minister and the first minister at the National Economic Council later this week, where devolution is expected to be discussed.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

High turnout and coalition negotiations mean it could take weeks or months before a new prime minister is chosen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

Last week, he made the first-ever bilateral visit by a Canadian prime minister to Turkey.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

He showcases what he means by “dishonest” with one of the first, and prime, examples in the book.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

“Are you going to play the Japanese prime minister’s cat?” asked Fred.

From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein

The good news is that today the enormous influx of new private capital into defense technology is putting competitive pressure on the primes, and the big manufacturers are responding.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

The Riemann Hypothesis, often considered the most difficult and important problem in all of mathematics, would serve as a Rosetta stone revealing the secrets of the primes.

From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2026

Report A primes a “Does collagen work?” story.

From Slate ● Apr. 17, 2026

A bout that should have happened in both men's primes, it now lingers as boxing's great what-if - but it appears it may finally be made a reality.

From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2026

Here, the Devil as it were primes the pump.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith

Nick Shirley primed his audience’s disappointment with an exuberant before picture.

From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2026

It leaves the Giants primed to make a postseason push, as they lead the struggling NFC East with a 4-2-1 record.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

Metallica’s generations of disaffected dirtbags — this writer among them — were primed for this gig.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

"What we found in patient samples was that intestinal cells are primed to die. Even in patients with essentially no symptoms, there's still this persistent problem sitting there."

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

His plan was to leave a single Greek behind in the deserted camp, primed with a tale calculated to make the Trojans draw the horse into the city—and without investigating it.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

The re-release of “Avengers: Endgame” was No. 1 at movie theaters over the weekend, further priming audiences for the December release of “Avengers: Doomsday.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Nasdaq is changing its procedures to put SpaceX in funds based on it and priming the pump to do the same with Anthropic and OpenAI, which have historically burned through cash.

From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2026

As Barron’s wrote last November, the company has been priming investors for the loss of Apple’s sales for years, and it may already be factored into the stock price.

From Barron's ● Jan. 9, 2026

The early-season storms will play an important role in priming watersheds for the rest of the winter, experts said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2025

Some of the mortar safety pins, which kept the priming mechanism from allowing the round to detonate on impact, had not been replaced.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge


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