as in handbooks
a book used for instruction in a subject
a primer of human anatomy
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Recent Examples of primers
The pros recommend primers with gripping technology and hydrating ingredients, like glycerin, plant oils, shea butter, and hyaluronic acid.
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Alanna Martine Kilkeary,
Glamour,
27 June 2026
In addition to the Spackle SPF and Champagne Glow primers, the actress also uses the hydrating version on the regular.
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Clara McMahon,
PEOPLE,
25 June 2026
But that wistfulness is balanced with an urgent call to action, as primers on past civil rights legislation highlight the fragility of progress and interactive displays solicit commitments for civic service.
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Sam Cochran,
Architectural Digest,
4 June 2026
Moisturizers, face oils, and primers are a key first step to ensuring that the makeup going onto your face afterwards will apply and sit right.
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Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
22 May 2026
And many primers are unnecessarily facile.
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Mac Barnett,
Longreads,
5 May 2026
Face mists can also be used as primers in makeup application.
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Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Miami Herald,
16 Apr. 2026
These nursery primers turned out to be the start of Tennyson’s lifetime immersion in contemporary science.
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Kathryn Hughes,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
Plus, check out more similar primers, below.
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Alyssa Morin,
InStyle,
5 Mar. 2026
Alanna Martine Kilkeary,
Glamour,
27 June 2026
In addition to the Spackle SPF and Champagne Glow primers, the actress also uses the hydrating version on the regular.
—
Clara McMahon,
PEOPLE,
25 June 2026
But that wistfulness is balanced with an urgent call to action, as primers on past civil rights legislation highlight the fragility of progress and interactive displays solicit commitments for civic service.
—
Sam Cochran,
Architectural Digest,
4 June 2026
Moisturizers, face oils, and primers are a key first step to ensuring that the makeup going onto your face afterwards will apply and sit right.
—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
22 May 2026
And many primers are unnecessarily facile.
—
Mac Barnett,
Longreads,
5 May 2026
Face mists can also be used as primers in makeup application.
—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Miami Herald,
16 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
Plus, check out more similar primers, below.
—
Alyssa Morin,
InStyle,
5 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for primers
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Her concern is in the language being used in the handbooks and the policy draft.
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Now, 15 years later, the law continues to guide district handbooks across Oregon.
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But while those other manuals for the mind became bestsellers, The Backpacker stayed on the margins.
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OpenClaw will then interpret and complete the tasks automatically without the need to memorize complex commands or the need to resort to complicated reference manuals.
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Christmas hams, party cocktails, elegant layer cakes, and cookout classics fill the dictionaries of Southern family recipes, but one of my favorites is a simple vinaigrette from my grandmother.
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Adopt a sensitive data detection platform that’s access-control-aware and lineage-savvy and extend it with custom dictionaries and RegEx patterns.
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To have a class project become a national program that is helping individuals with Down syndrome build real independence is the kind of real-world impact that goes beyond textbooks.
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In the afternoon, students will partake in book clubs that read novels — a dying art in traditional public schools, driven in part by the increasing popularity of literacy curriculum programs that favor textbooks with short reading passages over whole books.
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The disagreements begin with what each document protects first, and the four texts pull in different directions from there.
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Without getting too focused on the game side of it, what Sean said about the story pulling you into emotions through texts and calls is important.
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“Primers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/primers. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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