direct primary
noun
: a primary in which nominations of candidates for office are made by direct vote
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In fact, many clinicians have voluntarily migrated to direct-to-patient care models, such as direct primary care and direct specialty care, for these very reasons.
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Ge Bai, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
Other cost-sharing groups have forged relationships with direct primary care clinics, promising to remove all the frustrations of the traditional system.
—Dylan Scott, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Require that the direct primary election for any partisan office allow each political party that has qualified for representation on the ballot to nominate the same number of candidates for the office as the number of positions to be filled for that office in the next general election.
—Arizona Republic, The Arizona Republic, 10 Sep. 2024
Provide that the state direct primary election law supersedes any city charter, law, ordinance, rule, resolution or policy that is inconsistent with or contrary to the state direct primary election law.
—Arizona Republic, The Arizona Republic, 10 Sep. 2024
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Ge Bai, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
Other cost-sharing groups have forged relationships with direct primary care clinics, promising to remove all the frustrations of the traditional system.
—Dylan Scott, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Require that the direct primary election for any partisan office allow each political party that has qualified for representation on the ballot to nominate the same number of candidates for the office as the number of positions to be filled for that office in the next general election.
—Arizona Republic, The Arizona Republic, 10 Sep. 2024
Provide that the state direct primary election law supersedes any city charter, law, ordinance, rule, resolution or policy that is inconsistent with or contrary to the state direct primary election law.
—Arizona Republic, The Arizona Republic, 10 Sep. 2024
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“Direct primary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/direct%20primary. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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