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 the government over $800 billion annually, has emerged as a prime target.
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Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 May 2025
This big city wants a WNBA team, could the CT Sun become their prime target?
—Bill Speros, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2025
Trump has made colleges and universities a prime target of his second administration, going after their federal funding, seeking to purge diversity programs and seeking to deport an unknown number of international students.
—Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 18 Apr. 2025
That could make Denver’s spot at No. 20 a prime target for those playoff-caliber teams which, unlike the Broncos, need a plug-and-play lineman.
—Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
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Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 May 2025
This big city wants a WNBA team, could the CT Sun become their prime target?
—Bill Speros, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2025
Trump has made colleges and universities a prime target of his second administration, going after their federal funding, seeking to purge diversity programs and seeking to deport an unknown number of international students.
—Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 18 Apr. 2025
That could make Denver’s spot at No. 20 a prime target for those playoff-caliber teams which, unlike the Broncos, need a plug-and-play lineman.
—Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
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“Prime target.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prime%20target. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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