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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
The Tony & Ziva trailer suggests that this spinoff will strike a pointedly different tone than the anchor series or any of its previous spinoffs by bringing comedy up to the same level of primacy as action.
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Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 5 May 2025
Disruptive, radical innovation is necessary to maintain American primacy in AI.
—Mike Kubzansky, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2025
In an era when the primacy of on-base percentage has taken over the game, batting average isn’t everything.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 27 Mar. 2025
The Constitution puts Congress first The 18th-century framers of the Constitution viewed Congress as the foundation of republican governance, deliberately placing it first in Article 1 to underscore its primacy.
—Charlie Hunt, The Conversation, 15 May 2025
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Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 5 May 2025
Disruptive, radical innovation is necessary to maintain American primacy in AI.
—Mike Kubzansky, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2025
In an era when the primacy of on-base percentage has taken over the game, batting average isn’t everything.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 27 Mar. 2025
The Constitution puts Congress first The 18th-century framers of the Constitution viewed Congress as the foundation of republican governance, deliberately placing it first in Article 1 to underscore its primacy.
—Charlie Hunt, The Conversation, 15 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for primacy
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Dominating Grocery Walmart’s dominance is most pronounced in grocery.—
Pamela N. Danziger,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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This launched an era of dominance with a string of classic main events.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 June 2025
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Dad, as fathers do, asserted his physical superiority.—
Marcus Thompson II,
New York Times,
17 June 2025
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Beijing’s military capabilities already surpass India’s, and given its lower defense burden—the ratio of military expenditures to GDP—China could expand its defense spending with fewer penalties to its economic growth compared with India while further widening its military superiority.—
ASHLEY J. TELLIS,
Foreign Affairs,
17 June 2025
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Stein elaborates, drawing a distinction between highly skilled white-collar migrants, people including Alexander Hamilton, Albert Einstein and Elon Musk, and those who would in his view take jobs away from American low-wage workers.—
Sergio Martínez-Beltrán,
NPR,
23 June 2025
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There’s a distinction to be made between collaboration and cooperation.—
Brendan O’Meara
June 23,
Literary Hub,
23 June 2025
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The lights go up in Sin City on Sunday night as defending champion Mexico faces Costa Rica with Group A supremacy and a smoother road to the final on the line.—
Jenny Catlin,
New York Times,
22 June 2025
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One of them, Illinois coach Bret Bielema believes, is an end to the notion of the Southeastern Conference’s supremacy.—
Kalen Lumpkins,
Chicago Tribune,
21 June 2025
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Williams has been a very strong critic of the mayor, while Rajkumar, a Queens assemblywoman, has a reputation for her frequent appearances alongside Adams.—
Josephine Stratman,
New York Daily News,
25 June 2025
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The damage to the comedian’s reputation ended his career, though, and the overall perception of the industry took a hit as well.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 June 2025
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“Primacy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/primacy. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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