- present participle of prime.
priming
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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
While speaking to Earth via a video link on Thursday, mission specialist Koch mentioned there had been a slight "priming" issue with the toilet.
From BBC ● Apr. 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
Trying not to put in too much or too little, he trickled fine firing grains into the priming pan beneath the hammer lock and flint.
From "The Fighting Ground" by Avi
Philip took down the arms and examined all the primings.
From The Phantom Ship by Frederick Marryat
I slipped a ball into each barrel, scraped the edges of my flints, renewed the primings, and, returning to the hut, gave a favorable account of my observations.
From Famous Men of Science by Sarah K. Bolton
Look to your primings, but make no noise.
From Hardscrabble; or, the fall of Chicago. a tale of Indian warfare by John Richardson
Marble brought up the muskets left by the privateersmen, and began to renew their primings.
From Miles Wallingford Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore" by James Fenimore Cooper
Captain Florentin had just ordered us to renew our primings, when General Souham, General Chemineau, Colonel Zapfel, and our commandant arrived.
From The Conscript A Story of the French war of 1813 by Erckmann-Chatrian
