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as in blooms
a state or time of great activity, thriving, or achievement
in the prime of her life
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as in best
individuals carefully selected as being the best of a class
chose the prime of the litter of pups
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Recent Examples of primes
Shawn McFarland, Dallas Morning News, 24 Mar. 2026
That was the standard set every day, and primes Reiten to slot into an NWSL championship-winning team.
—Karen Carney, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2026
That's in line with the other VCM primes.
—Jim Fisher, PC Magazine, 16 Mar. 2026
But Rosenfeld had already shown that in any counterexample, the product would have to be divisible by all those primes.
—Quanta Magazine, 6 Mar. 2026
Njoku and Goedert are likely past their primes, and Okonkwo’s not a blocker.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 6 Mar. 2026
Defense primes in favor Analysts on Wall Street also remain bullish on defense primes such as Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman .
—Pia Singh, CNBC, 4 Mar. 2026
Both fighters are now much more than a decade removed from their primes, but Mayweather and Pacquiao remain two of the biggest names in boxing.
—Greg Beacham, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2026
Repeated over-explaning primes you to experience your own thoughts as potentially problematic, requiring constant disclaimers rather than confident expression.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
Noun
The still-green arms on their staff now will be in their respective primes.
—Shawn McFarland, Dallas Morning News, 24 Mar. 2026
That was the standard set every day, and primes Reiten to slot into an NWSL championship-winning team.
—Karen Carney, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2026
That's in line with the other VCM primes.
—Jim Fisher, PC Magazine, 16 Mar. 2026
But Rosenfeld had already shown that in any counterexample, the product would have to be divisible by all those primes.
—Quanta Magazine, 6 Mar. 2026
Njoku and Goedert are likely past their primes, and Okonkwo’s not a blocker.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 6 Mar. 2026
Defense primes in favor Analysts on Wall Street also remain bullish on defense primes such as Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman .
—Pia Singh, CNBC, 4 Mar. 2026
Both fighters are now much more than a decade removed from their primes, but Mayweather and Pacquiao remain two of the biggest names in boxing.
—Greg Beacham, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2026
Repeated over-explaning primes you to experience your own thoughts as potentially problematic, requiring constant disclaimers rather than confident expression.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for primes
Noun
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Visitors can also see recent photos to help identify the blooms.—
Abby Hamblin,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
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Stop by the hummingbird garden, where 14 species of petite, fairylike birds dart from plant to plant, sipping nectar from native blooms.—
Meghan Palmer,
Condé Nast Traveler,
29 Mar. 2026
Noun
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But Pickens wants a long-term deal, and 2025 brought lots of career-bests for him in a contract year.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
16 Mar. 2026
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All these people in their Sunday best.—
Will Croxton,
CBS News,
15 Mar. 2026
Verb
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What grounds your sense of worth today?—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
26 Mar. 2026
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Still, Keisha’s final monologue is devastating in its plea for perceptual equity, and daniels’ performance grounds the play in something urgently human.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The same can’t be said for Pidgeon, a waifish Michigan native who attended two prestigious drama schools back-to-back—Interlochen Arts Academy and Carnegie Mellon—and was cast in the Amazon Prime series The Wilds straight out of school.—
Chris Murphy,
Vanity Fair,
20 Jan. 2026
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Sales of the $6 tickets will be used to fund performances for students at Title I schools.—
Anne Gelhaus,
Mercury News,
30 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Cruz portrayed the Republican party as a group of blue-collar workers and populists, blasting Democrats as coastal elites who are out of touch with the average American.—
Sarah Bahari,
Dallas Morning News,
28 Mar. 2026
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Our present tax policies written by Congress benefit wealthy elites and powerful corporations instead of the people who actually do the work to make our nation great.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The van’s speakers played a high-volume mashup of construction sounds, Jordan Peterson lectures, Marine Corps drills, and mumbling voices.—
Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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Skeleton drills with rags hanging from their shorts.—
Nick Canepa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The cocktails were made out of 50 milliliter bottles of Absolut-brand vodka with gray cloth stuffed into the tops.—
Flint McColgan,
Boston Herald,
28 Mar. 2026
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Manchester City was tops among EPL clubs for 2024-25 commercial revenue at $452 million.—
Kurt Badenhausen,
Sportico.com,
27 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The man gets his exiled nephew a job on Wall Street and mentors him.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
19 Feb. 2026
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That includes Susan Brennan, a former director of the program and a cognitive scientist at Stony Brook University, who mentors applicants throughout the state of New York.—
Jonathan Wosen,
STAT,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Primes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/primes. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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