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primary

[prahy-mer-ee, -muh-ree] / ˈpraɪ mɛr i, -mə ri /


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What most of my generation hasn’t realized is that we are now the primary targets.

From The Wall Street Journal

Years later, he told a grand jury: “My primary duties were to keep down these gangster killings and try to keep some of these rough guys under control.”

From Los Angeles Times

He has also gotten involved in the primary creative unit that reported to him, Walt Disney Imagineering, by recruiting an experienced leader to reinvigorate the team that designs park attractions and cruise ships.

From The Wall Street Journal

The letter raised the possibility that the insurer demands may violate the insurance code and the state’s primary consumer protection law, the Unfair Competition Law.

From Los Angeles Times

It marks the second time in five months that work has stopped at the federal government’s primary economic-statistics agency.

From The Wall Street Journal