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primacy

[prahy-muh-see] / ˈpraɪ mə si /
NOUN
supremacy
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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 it stressed "the enduring primacy of live sports and news".

From BBC Jun. 15, 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

The primacy of youth was never truer than in the Romantic era.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 20, 2026

Composers of the mid- to late-eighteenth century limited themselves to a small choice of chords partly as a reaction to the harmonic style of their predecessors, but also to emphasise the primacy of the melody.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall




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