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[prim-i-tiv] / ˈprɪm ɪ tɪv /




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Primitive by U.S. standards, the silos are little more than deep holes dug into the side of a mountain that point toward the nearby Persian Gulf, flanking a paved entrance to the underground facility.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

His channel, Primitive Technology, began in 2015 with a video that has more than 30 million views.

From New York Times • Apr. 6, 2022

Also known as Primitive Bear by security researchers, Gamaredon is one of the most “active existing advanced persistent threats targeting Ukraine,” the report said.

From Reuters • Feb. 3, 2022

At West Harpeth Primitive Baptist Church, another church in Franklin, giving is down but only slightly.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 16, 2022

Primitive man, in noticing the relatively few natural coincidences in his environment, slowly developed the raw observational data out of which science evolved.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos




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