prime

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“You’ve got to be ready for prime time and you’re not,” said Birotte, a former U.S. attorney himself.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

In a Wednesday prime time address, the president assured that the U.S. would eventually end the war with Iran and that the Strait of Hormuz would “open up naturally” thereafter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

Magyar went to an elite Catholic boys' high school near the centre of Budapest before studying law at a Catholic university in Budapest while Orban was serving his first term as prime minister from 1998-2002.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

As Barron’s previously reported, machines of the future may be able to execute something called Shor’s algorithm: a quantum algorithm that can factor large numbers into their prime components.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

Tens of thousands of schoolchildren would be sitting in their classes, gathered around their new Stormbreakers, waiting for the moment—at midday exactly—when the prime minister would press the button and bring them on-line.

From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz