primacy
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Clayton told the Wall Street Journal on Saturday that Trump had insisted the new task force ensure US primacy in the AI field, amid stiff competition from China.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
They talk about its European-style organizing model, its uneasy alliance with the Democratic Party, the primacy of canvassing and volunteering, and the art of compromise.
From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2026
But minds in Washington are focused on another question, too: how will all this affect the US's race with China for global primacy?
From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2026
“It is about sustaining American military primacy, making other states fear and respect us,” Emma Ashford of the Stimson Center, a research group in Washington, explained in the article.
From Salon ● Mar. 16, 2026
He didn’t know that in some places, like the country that Rahel came from, various kinds of despair competed for primacy.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
Vocabulary lists containing primacy
Power Suffix: -acy
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President Obama's Farewell Address
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4.3: Origins and Impact of the Western European Empires in the North Atlantic (Sources 1–9)
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