primed

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This scrupulosity primed him to recognize the singular nature of what the Founders had achieved.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Many of the sites are dormant, researchers said, primed to activate as the competition nears.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

The Port of Long Beach is one of only two areas primed for the assembly work; the other is Humboldt Harbor near Eureka.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026

They grads are also primed to boo any speakers who so much as mutter the words “artificial intelligence.”

From Slate • May 20, 2026

It then begins dividing, replicating itself into a new colony of identical cells, all labeled with the same receptor, primed with the same question.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas