primacy

Example Sentences

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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

“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

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

Nothing could have been better calculated to activate all of Jefferson’s interior antennae, since his primacy as the author of the Declaration was his major claim to everlasting fame.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis