as in dominance
the fact or state of being above others in rank or importance
the primacy of calcium for building strong bones
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Recent Examples of primacy
In practice, however, such lofty rhetoric was married to a nostalgic attachment to American primacy that led to a foreign policy plagued by hypocrisy and incoherence.
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Casey Michel, Foreign Affairs, 8 Aug. 2025
Gerry Cardinale, founder and managing partner of Skydance financial backer RedBird Capital, returned to Ellison’s point about the primacy of programming.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2025
The 2019 Business Roundtable statement abandoning shareholder primacy for stakeholder capitalism formalized what successful executives had already recognized: The days when charismatic founders could mandate cultural transformation through executive decree had ended.
—Gabriel Snyder, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 July 2025
Its primacy is based on decades of trust in institutions; in adequate but not excessive regulation that maintains an orderly and predictable market; in a transparent and independent judiciary; in rich citizens who pay their taxes.
—Mary Childs, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
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Casey Michel, Foreign Affairs, 8 Aug. 2025
Gerry Cardinale, founder and managing partner of Skydance financial backer RedBird Capital, returned to Ellison’s point about the primacy of programming.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2025
The 2019 Business Roundtable statement abandoning shareholder primacy for stakeholder capitalism formalized what successful executives had already recognized: The days when charismatic founders could mandate cultural transformation through executive decree had ended.
—Gabriel Snyder, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 July 2025
Its primacy is based on decades of trust in institutions; in adequate but not excessive regulation that maintains an orderly and predictable market; in a transparent and independent judiciary; in rich citizens who pay their taxes.
—Mary Childs, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for primacy
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The nation's experience managing diversity through dialogue rather than dominance offers insights that pure technological approaches cannot replicate.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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However, Wheeler's dominance will be still be missed in the postseason.—
Drew VonScio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Aug. 2025
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The superiority of mail-in voting is why an increasing number of nations — 34 mostly western countries or territories at this time — allow some or all of their citizens to vote by mail.—
Krista Kafer,
Denver Post,
28 Aug. 2025
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Like so many peddling some version of righteous superiority.—
Jody Mamone,
Hartford Courant,
15 Aug. 2025
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Messaging must make distinctions, but also avoid getting lost in parenthetic abstractions or potentially easier-to-discredit targets.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
26 Aug. 2025
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Whether the drivers know this and whether the police officers can recognize these distinctions isn’t yet clear.—
Jesse Wright,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Aug. 2025
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The stated goal of the Trump administration’s AI Action Plan is to preserve American supremacy in the global AI arms race.—
Craig Spencer,
The Atlantic,
29 Aug. 2025
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In the headlong rush for technological supremacy, strange new risks are being created.—
Billy Perrigo,
Time,
27 Aug. 2025
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Current and former division attorneys interviewed by ProPublica and The Chronicle said the lawyers had misgivings about the administration’s tactics and were reluctant to work with Terrell, who already had a reputation for berating staffers.—
Peter Elkind,
ProPublica,
27 Aug. 2025
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This scientific protocol to density planning is often referred to favorably on patient forums, something that has clearly increased the clinic's reputation among those in search of sophisticated hair restoration options.—
Matt Emma,
USA Today,
27 Aug. 2025
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“Primacy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/primacy. Accessed 4 Sep. 2025.
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