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Recent Examples of primed
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
Hunter Mulholland, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
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
Adjective
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In a joint statement, leaders of France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom said the countries were prepared to lift sanctions on Iran in response to steps on its nuclear program after the United States and Iran reached a deal to end their war.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
15 June 2026
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Keep track of fires and be prepared to leave.—
Don Sweeney,
Idaho Statesman,
15 June 2026
Verb
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After Ryan McMahon ran for Goldschmidt, Rice drilled a 381-foot homer, his 19th.—
CBS New York Team,
CBS News,
15 June 2026
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Wright drilled playing off two feet, jump-stopping and pivoting.—
CJ Moore,
New York Times,
13 June 2026
Adjective
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And the empirical evidence may be showing that markets, like everything else, can become so conditioned to chaos that all the old rules no longer apply.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
17 July 2025
Verb
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Colson Montgomery lined out hard to Freddie Freeman to start the inning, and Braden Montgomery grounded to short.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
14 June 2026
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That simple gesture grounded her.—
Jessica Guynn,
USA Today,
14 June 2026
Adjective
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Those topics are ripe for debate for their own reasons, but none involves the legal complexity of employment and potential unionization of athletes at public and private universities.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
10 June 2026
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Green peppers are the least ripe, while red peppers are fully ripened.—
Vanessa Caceres,
Verywell Health,
10 June 2026
Verb
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By the end of January, FIFA will assign the base-camp locations, but they won’t be announced until after the final six teams have qualified from the March playoffs.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
9 Dec. 2025
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The Heat, which qualified for the quarterfinals as the Eastern Conference’s wild card, will play in its first ever NBA Cup knockout game on Tuesday after failing to make it past the group stage of the league’s first two in-season tournaments.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
8 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Following practice, a Panthers spokesperson clarified that the team expects McMillan to be ready for training camp in July.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
11 June 2026
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While the Patriots could have caved to the pressure, Cash said the group was ready to adjust.—
Jack Murray,
Boston Herald,
11 June 2026
Verb
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They're taught one vision of that society, and the Black bourgeois community has been left out of it, largely.—
Maureen Lee Lenker Published,
EW.com,
7 July 2025
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Garcia taught himself English reading Superman comics.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
7 July 2025
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“Primed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/primed. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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