primal
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"I think that's why it speaks to people on such a primal level."
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
There are those who think it’s about man in a state of nature, what we are capable of when society is made primal around us.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026
And yet: The sheer number of YouTube and Spotify playlists of TV themes old and new suggests that our primal pop-culture brains long for some of the familiarity and comfort they once reliably triggered.
From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2026
In most movies in which a character is driven by revenge, the viewer is invited to share in that primal emotion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026
There was a primal fear of void and chaos.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
Vocabulary lists containing primal
The Lightning Thief
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Vocabulary from the Introduction to "Reality is Broken" by Jane McGonigal
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"Democracy in America, Vol. 1" by Alexis de Tocqueville, Introduction–Chapter 5
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