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primary

[prahy-mer-ee, -muh-ree] / ˈpraɪ mɛr i, -mə ri /


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Kelce’s primary home is in Kansas, not far from the home stadium of his NFL team, the Chiefs.

From MarketWatch Sep. 7, 2026

Marwa and her siblings had to be the primary breadwinners to help the family survive.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 6, 2026

By mid-June Guimaraes, who had universal backing inside the Emirates, emerged as the club's primary focus.

From BBC Sep. 5, 2026

The health system also provides more than $270 million in unreimbursed care for low-income patients each year, he said, as well as primary and urgent care for people experiencing homelessness.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 5, 2026

In a nuclear power plant, water serves as a shield, slowing down and capturing neutrons, as do the steel walls of the reactor vessels and the thick concrete of the primary containment chamber.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

Older incumbents of all ideological stripes swept the state’s Democratic primaries Tuesday night.

From Slate Sep. 2, 2026

Petersen said Unite Here had the largest ground operation of any union in the state during primaries in June and knocked on more than 300,000 doors.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 1, 2026

It didn't respond to a request for comment, but it has rejected suggestions that its influence is collapsing, saying hundreds of candidates it backed have won their primaries.

From Barron's Aug. 28, 2026

Five of the 11 have either already lost primaries or announced their retirements, while the other six are plowing ahead with reelection bids.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

Talking the whole time, Samantha Embriano and Kayla tacked their extra-credit poster project about primaries to the bulletin board.

From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott

One former lawmaker, Dallas’ Jason Villalba, knows what it’s like to be primaried by a GOP rival backed by insurgent groups.

From Seattle Times Sep. 18, 2023

“He primaried me last year, so I’m not a shill, but I see this and I see how unfair it’s been.”

From Washington Times Jun. 9, 2023

"I see the biggest upswing in the local races. Someone who is 65 years old, a farmer and county commissioner, he could easily be primaried by a younger cat using the technology."

From Reuters May 30, 2023

Manchin brushed off the warning, saying, “I’ve been primaried my entire life. That would not be anything new for me.”

From The Guardian Jan. 19, 2022

According to the reporter, Manchin specifically said: "I've been primaried my entire life. That would not be anything new for me… It's rough and tumble. We're used to that. Bring it on."

From Salon Jan. 19, 2022

If he does, though, good luck to whichever next-big-thing in Massachusetts politics chooses to end their career by primarying him.

From Slate Sep. 5, 2026

In 1998, the Working Families Party began testing the strategy: primarying the worst incumbents, endorsing the best and running third-party races only when it made sense.

From Salon Aug. 6, 2019

In Rhode Island, it is former secretary of state Matt Brown and Bernie Sanders-organizer Aaron Regunberg primarying Raimondo and her lieutenant governor.

From The Guardian Sep. 10, 2018




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