primes 1 of 2

noun

plural of prime
1
as in blooms
a state or time of great activity, thriving, or achievement in the prime of her life

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2
as in best
individuals carefully selected as being the best of a class chose the prime of the litter of pups

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primes

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verb

present tense third-person singular of prime
as in grounds

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Recent Examples of primes
Noun
Four of the five major primes carry buy ratings from analysts. — Frank Holmes, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026 Power said the company's Opus software is being used by the Army and Navy, and the company will be announcing other defense primes soon. — Samantha Subin, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2026 Ever since, some have wondered if the secrets to the primes might lie in the microscopic quantum world. — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 6 Aug. 2026 Most are second contracts, with the general manager looking to lock up players for their primes. — Sam Warren, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026 Some algorithms could produce results that are difficult to calculate but easy to verify—for example, factoring the product of multiplying two large primes. — ArsTechnica, 30 July 2026 The quartet might only be better if a time vortex dropped Pele’ and Maradona, in their primes, back onto the pitch. — Miami Herald, 13 July 2026 And none is more seasoned than Falcons coach Kevin Stefanski, who was a firsthand witness to the primes of elite running backs Adrian Peterson and Nick Chubb, and views Bijan Robinson firmly in the same tier. — Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 1 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for primes
  1. blooms
  2. best
  3. grounds
  4. elites
  5. schools
  6. tops
  7. drills
  8. qualities
Noun
  • This hanging planter can be used year-round to display faux greenery, trailing flowers, or vibrant blooms to match the season.
    — Better Homes & Gardens, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Mixing would go so deep that the algae blooms would strip the lake of nutrients, which would prevent the bloom in the following year.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of blooms
Noun
  • Scott William Winters plays Clark, a Harvard student who Will intellectually bests.
    — Jacqueline Weiss, PEOPLE, 28 July 2026
  • His hitting metrics are all career bests, and he’s headed for his fourth consecutive season of 20-plus homers.
    — Zack Meisel, New York Times, 24 July 2026
Definition of best
Verb
  • But all the while, Verma grounds this social chaos in a performance of genuine anxiety spirals, allowing the movie’s minor stakes to feel apocalyptic.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Anchored by a surprisingly poignant motion-capture performance from Josh Brolin, the film, for the most part, pulls off the tricky balance of delivering sensational sequences and a catharsis that grounds the unimaginable stakes.
    — EW Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of grounds
Noun
  • Unlike many agrarian states, which relied on centralized bureaucracies and hereditary elites, Mongol political culture emphasized personal loyalty, military ability, and flexible leadership within clan networks.
    — Ethan Teekah, Encyclopedia Britannica, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Support from different wings of the party Both candidates assembled an impressive array of political elites backing their candidacy, but the groups were quite different.
    — Michael Traugott, The Conversation, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of elites
Verb
  • Dean Fabrizio and James Teter, each hired in 2009, have been at their Class 6A schools the longest.
    — Todd Holcomb, AJC.com, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Baltimore County's Board of Education named the former Anne Arundel County schools Chief Operating Officer (COO) as its next superintendent, officials announced Monday.
    — JT Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 22 June 2026
Definition of schools
Noun
  • The mobile bar is a converted two-horse thoroughbred horse trailer that her father helped convert, installing sinks, bar tops, a fridge.
    — Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Sprinkle the tops with Demerara sugar and the remaining salt.
    — Laura Mclively, Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of tops
Verb
  • Taiwan has stepped up the intensity of the Han Kuang drills, incorporating reservists and more civilians into the exercises with a focus on real-world scenarios.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • With Bosa yet to practice in team drills all camp and sidelined the past week with knee tendinitis amid his ACL comeback, the 49ers need to accelerate Height’s participation.
    — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of drills
Noun
  • But these technical qualities only throw into relief the plastic, uncanny-valley feel of the characters whizzing about this latter-day Skull Island.
    — Caspar Salmon, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Those qualities don’t usually make it into rom-coms like this one, about the relationship between Monica Barbaro’s commercial-jingle singer Allie and Callum Turner’s pizza-shop owner Owen.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2026
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