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primacy

[prahy-muh-see] / ˈpraɪ mə si /
NOUN
supremacy
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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

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

For years, critics have argued that the dollar’s place of primacy would erode, to no avail.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

Yet Janick’s success comes at a time when the primacy of the major label is arguably under threat.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 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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