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[prahym] / praɪm /






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There's another reason that muddies the waters and helps explain why cutting carbon became the prime focus – it was investable.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

The prime minister has vanquished opposition parties, expanded his own Bharatiya Janata Party into an election-winning juggernaut, and intimidated many critics.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

The former prime minister, who has been living in a secret location in India, insisted there was no pressure for her to return.

From Barron's Jul. 29, 2026

Riley said she heard the prime minister's speech and it had left her feeling "quietly confident".

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

One might even say he was in his ushering prime!

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

The Riemann Hypothesis, often considered the most difficult and important problem in all of mathematics, would serve as a Rosetta stone revealing the secrets of the primes.

From Slate Jun. 22, 2026

That is encouraging new entrants to work with the primes through production partnerships, said Gruen.

From The Wall Street Journal May 1, 2026

A bout that should have happened in both men's primes, it now lingers as boxing's great what-if - but it appears it may finally be made a reality.

From BBC Apr. 11, 2026

Earlier this year, the Pentagon signed multiyear agreements with defense primes to boost weapons production.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 17, 2026

Here, the Devil as it were primes the pump.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith

In an information environment already primed for suspicion of institutions, the director’s silence read as confirmation that something was being withheld.

From Salon Jul. 13, 2026

“Our teams are primed and ready to manage the increase in vessel calls once shipping schedules begin to normalize,” said Ahmad Yousef Al-Hassan, chief executive of DP World GCC, which manages Jebel Ali.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

With a holiday-shortened week and a heat wave upon much of the country, investors are primed to look on the sunny side.

From Barron's Jun. 30, 2026

In fact, they couldn't have been more prepared, protected and primed to perform.

From BBC Jun. 29, 2026

It primed the whole of America—not just a few rich architectural patrons—to think of cities in a way they never had before.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

Nasdaq is changing its procedures to put SpaceX in funds based on it and priming the pump to do the same with Anthropic and OpenAI, which have historically burned through cash.

From Slate Jun. 5, 2026

After years of priming us to expect speedy deliveries, the ever-growing e-commerce economy is weaning us off them—and no one seems to mind.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 7, 2026

As Barron’s wrote last November, the company has been priming investors for the loss of Apple’s sales for years, and it may already be factored into the stock price.

From Barron's Jan. 9, 2026

And the earlier the snow melts, the more time plants and soils have to dry out in the summer heat, priming the landscape for large wildfires, Schwartz said.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 24, 2025

On the other hand, the effects of priming aren't trivial.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell




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