prime target
noun
: someone who is more likely than most other people to be affected by something (such as a disease)
Men in this age group are prime targets for heart disease.
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Medicaid, which costs federal and state governments over $800 billion annually, is a prime target.
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Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
Like manufacturing, retailing and other industries, transportation is a prime target for automation.
—Joann Muller, Axios, 9 Apr. 2025
The administration has also attacked schools not in the Ivy League — particularly the University of Maine after a public spat with the state’s governor — but the elite conference of eight private schools is clearly a prime target.
—Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 8 Apr. 2025
The back-to-back attacks come as Tesla has become a prime target in the ongoing opposition against Musk and his role as head of the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency under President Trump.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 28 Mar. 2025
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Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
Like manufacturing, retailing and other industries, transportation is a prime target for automation.
—Joann Muller, Axios, 9 Apr. 2025
The administration has also attacked schools not in the Ivy League — particularly the University of Maine after a public spat with the state’s governor — but the elite conference of eight private schools is clearly a prime target.
—Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 8 Apr. 2025
The back-to-back attacks come as Tesla has become a prime target in the ongoing opposition against Musk and his role as head of the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency under President Trump.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 28 Mar. 2025
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“Prime target.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prime%20target. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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