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adjective

as in prepared

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verb

past tense of prime
as in drilled

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Recent Examples of primed
Adjective
Part of the impetus for all these openings is the same reason Las Vegas is so primed for these restaurants in the first place. — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 19 Oct. 2025 One team looked primed and ready to play. — Miami Herald, 7 Sep. 2025 Get yourself primed and ready for quite a royal battle that might determine the future mental status of us all. — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Verb
Leading up to the offseason, with a weakened starting pitching class, Valdez is primed to be the headlining option in the winter, and Patrick McAvoy of Sports Illustrated thinks that the New York Mets are a prime landing spot. — Hunter Mulholland, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for primed
  1. prepared
  2. drilled
  3. conditioned
  4. grounded
  5. ripe
  6. qualified
  7. ready
  8. taught
Adjective
  • In the options pits, traders are the most prepared for a pullback since early Summer.
    — Oliver Renick, CNBC, 9 Oct. 2026
  • And that time could be as soon as Sunday at Washington (1-3) as John Harbaugh looks prepared to dress McCarthy as the primary backup to starter Jameis Winston.
    — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of prepared
Verb
  • Watson moved Cleveland into field-goal range before Andre Szmyt drilled a 56-yard kick to give the Browns a 27-24 lead.
    — Chantz Martin OutKick, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Still, after Watson misfired on a third-down throw, the kicker drilled the long field goal.
    — Mike DeFabo, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of drilled
Adjective
  • As the protagonist Ben in Night of the Living Dead (1968), Duane Jones unveiled a distinct facet of pre-conditioned Black martyrdom.
    — Malik Peay, Rolling Stone, 7 Feb. 2023
  • The new formula is infused with a luscious blend of flower oils so that lashes feel conditioned and supple to the touch.
    — Daisy Maldonado, SELF, 13 Sep. 2022
Definition of conditioned
Verb
  • The storm grounded most Friday flights at several panhandle airports, including all flights into and out of Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 Oct. 2026
  • Clark deserves considerable credit for keeping these escalating absurdities grounded.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of grounded
Adjective
  • The results suggested that the idea of using messenger RNA to train the immune system to attack cancer cells — an approach first devised decades ago — was ripe for further drug development.
    — Allison DeAngelis, STAT, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Part of it was due to returning vets, who were very alienated and were suffering from untreated PTSD and were ripe targets for recruitment by white supremacist groups that look for people with these kinds of skills.
    — Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of ripe
Verb
  • The soccer players were among many winners from the Asian Games who qualified for the military exemption.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026
  • OpenAI and Chip Ganassi Racing qualified well in DC, but the race did not go well.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of qualified
Adjective
  • Billed as an immersive matchmaking experience and a new take on the dating show, the format features singletons who are tired of swiping and first dates and are ready to get hitched.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026
  • When they were scheduled to play in Rio, they were seen as an encapsulation of a nefarious past the country was ready to move away from.
    — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of ready
Verb
  • The class begins with incarcerated people being taught general knowledge of the industry.
    — Sydney Sasser, Charlotte Observer, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Tyx has lived in the Kansas City area for four years and previously taught middle school Spanish.
    — Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2025
Definition of taught

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“Primed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/primed. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.

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