primer

Example Sentences

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The film is both a primer on the form and a refresher for the initiated.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

In an investment primer over the summer, BofA Securities analysts dubbed the advent of quantum computing “the next fire moment,” or the biggest and most consequential technological development in hundreds of thousands of years.

From Barron's • Mar. 6, 2026

El Team Stars, el primer equipo en anotar cinco puntos en la prórroga, ganó 37-35 con un triple de Scottie Barnes.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2026

Senate in 2002, for a primer on the Fourth Amendment, and what the changes in the ICE memo mean.

From Salon • Jan. 23, 2026

I switch the fuel hose over to the next tank, squeeze the primer bulb, and yank on the starter cord, thinking, pleasepleaseplease start.

From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick