primary
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In May, money-transfer company Wise moved its primary listing to New York, keeping a secondary listing in London.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
He advanced through a crowded primary field in part because of a split Democratic vote, and he acknowledged the scale of the challenge ahead in a heavily Democratic state.
From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026
In two months, he went from polling at 5% in a March IGS poll to 25% in a late May poll and finishing first in the unofficial primary vote count.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
Tesla’s primary business is manufacturing electric vehicles, but it also operates an energy-storage business and is expanding into robots and automation.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026
The terminology we now use to express this distinction, between primary and secondary qualities, was introduced by Boyle in 1666 and popularized by Locke in 1689.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing primary
Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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The SAT: Language of the Test, List 3
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The Language of Standardized Tests, List 2
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