- present participle of prime.
priming
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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
While speaking to Earth via a video link on Thursday, mission specialist Koch mentioned there had been a slight "priming" issue with the toilet.
From BBC ● Apr. 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
Taken together, these two lines of research—the broad immune priming revealed by Covid mRNA vaccines and the precision targeting achieved by cancer-specific mRNA therapies—are beginning to converge.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2025
I can’t make you reveal deeply personal details about your childhood by priming you with words like “nap” and “bottle” and “teddy bear.”
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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On the present occasion it only remained to freshen the primings, and each piece was in a state for service.
From The Deerslayer by James Fenimore Cooper
"I'll give a look to our primings while ye drink a stirrup-cup."
From Stories of the Border Marches by Jeanie Lang
When all were across, command was given to halt and look to the primings.
From A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois by Robert Ames Bennet
Marble brought up the muskets left by the privateersmen, and began to renew their primings.
From Miles Wallingford Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore" by James Fenimore Cooper
I slipped a ball into each barrel, scraped the edges of my flints, renewed the primings, and, returning to the hut, gave a favorable account of my observations.
From Famous Men of Science by Sarah K. Bolton