primer

Example Sentences

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The film is both a primer on the form and a refresher for the initiated.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

In an investment primer over the summer, BofA Securities analysts dubbed the advent of quantum computing “the next fire moment,” or the biggest and most consequential technological development in hundreds of thousands of years.

From Barron's • Mar. 6, 2026

Each round is about 2 feet long and essentially a very big bullet, made of up a detonating fuse, projectile, propellant and primer.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2025

This was just a primer for the assault on the senses that is Shangri-La.

From BBC • Jun. 28, 2025

Manny yelled from the ground, where he was laying down some more primer.

From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older