as in handbook
a book used for instruction in a subject
a primer of human anatomy
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Recent Examples of primer
In today’s newsletter, a primer on all the upcoming WNBA business.
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Jackie Powell, NBC news, 10 Apr. 2026
The cooling applicator feels oh-so-soothing and the primer’s slight tint adds an additional brightening effect around my eyes.
—Cathy Nelson, InStyle, 9 Apr. 2026
The 2026 Oscars season sure felt long, but it can now be seen as a primer for what’s to come in 2027 and 2028.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 7 Apr. 2026
These nursery primers turned out to be the start of Tennyson’s lifetime immersion in contemporary science.
—Kathryn Hughes, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
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Jackie Powell, NBC news, 10 Apr. 2026
The cooling applicator feels oh-so-soothing and the primer’s slight tint adds an additional brightening effect around my eyes.
—Cathy Nelson, InStyle, 9 Apr. 2026
The 2026 Oscars season sure felt long, but it can now be seen as a primer for what’s to come in 2027 and 2028.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 7 Apr. 2026
These nursery primers turned out to be the start of Tennyson’s lifetime immersion in contemporary science.
—Kathryn Hughes, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for primer
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The American Psychiatric Association’s diagnostic handbook doesn’t list the condition and a 2021 study concluded it is mostly cited as a cause only when the person who died had been restrained.—
Mara H. Gottfried,
Twin Cities,
15 Apr. 2026
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According to Petersson, Luna recently observed one of the employees using their phone during a particularly quiet hour, so the system updated the market's employee handbook to set stricter rules on workers’ phone usage.—
David Ingram,
NBC news,
11 Apr. 2026
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The two-bedroom home built in 1949 was considered a modern metal marvel in newspaper articles and in its instruction manual.—
J.D. Miles,
CBS News,
13 Apr. 2026
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Aurangzeb assembled a panel of qualified Indian ʿulamāʾ (religious scholars) to compile this legal manual.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
9 Apr. 2026
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In 1494, Italian mathematician Luca Pacioli first took an early crack at the problem of points in his textbook, the title of which translates to Summary of Arithmetic, Geometry, Proportions and Proportionality.—
Jack Murtagh,
Scientific American,
19 Apr. 2026
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This was a textbook bait-and-switch on San Diego taxpayers.—
Johnny Lee Dang,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Apr. 2026
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Similarly, Anthropic's AI assistant, called Claude, has a free version that can analyze text and images and write basic code.—
Megan Cerullo,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Instead, teen boys are quietly swapping first dates, awkward silences, and emotional guesswork for an AI girlfriend who never cancels, never argues, and always texts back.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Primer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/primer. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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