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as in blooms
a state or time of great activity, thriving, or achievement
in the prime of her life
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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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Recent Examples of primes
Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 14 May 2026
The Space Force has inked contracts with emerging space companies—non-traditional primes, in military contracting parlance—to buy services, manufacture satellites and payloads, and launch rockets.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 13 May 2026
The core players on the team that won four NBA titles in eight seasons are aging out of their primes.
—Devon Henderson, New York Times, 10 May 2026
Any set of prime numbers is automatically primitive, because primes have no factors (except themselves and the number one).
—Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 24 Apr. 2026
These officials often framed their efforts as an attempt to increase competition in government contracting, so that markets long controlled by the defense primes could be opened up to smaller, less conventional firms.
—Ben Tarnoff, Big Think, 23 Apr. 2026
That's likely a consequence of the narrow aperture and small front element; brighter zooms and primes tend to have more issues with flare and ghost color.
—Jim Fisher, PC Magazine, 6 Apr. 2026
For years, defense tech has fought to prove itself in Washington and grab a chunk of the ballooning Pentagon budget snatched up by defense primes like Lockheed Martin, RTX and Northrop Grumman.
—Samantha Subin, CNBC, 28 Mar. 2026
The still-green arms on their staff now will be in their respective primes.
—Shawn McFarland, Dallas Morning News, 24 Mar. 2026
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The company also makes its own solid rocket motors in-house, a capability that most primes outsource, and one that Franzen argues is where the whole supply chain bottleneck actually lives.
—Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 14 May 2026
The Space Force has inked contracts with emerging space companies—non-traditional primes, in military contracting parlance—to buy services, manufacture satellites and payloads, and launch rockets.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 13 May 2026
The core players on the team that won four NBA titles in eight seasons are aging out of their primes.
—Devon Henderson, New York Times, 10 May 2026
Any set of prime numbers is automatically primitive, because primes have no factors (except themselves and the number one).
—Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 24 Apr. 2026
These officials often framed their efforts as an attempt to increase competition in government contracting, so that markets long controlled by the defense primes could be opened up to smaller, less conventional firms.
—Ben Tarnoff, Big Think, 23 Apr. 2026
That's likely a consequence of the narrow aperture and small front element; brighter zooms and primes tend to have more issues with flare and ghost color.
—Jim Fisher, PC Magazine, 6 Apr. 2026
For years, defense tech has fought to prove itself in Washington and grab a chunk of the ballooning Pentagon budget snatched up by defense primes like Lockheed Martin, RTX and Northrop Grumman.
—Samantha Subin, CNBC, 28 Mar. 2026
The still-green arms on their staff now will be in their respective primes.
—Shawn McFarland, Dallas Morning News, 24 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for primes
Noun
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Red-Purple 'Peter Brand' is a common peony with six-inch wide double blooms that start as a deep red before developing into a beautiful purple.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
18 May 2026
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This Southeastern native is also known as Maypop and blooms from May through July.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
17 May 2026
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Patrick Dempsey and Michael Imperioli don their red-carpet-best at the FOX Upfront Red Carpet on May 11 in New York City.—
People Staff,
PEOPLE,
13 May 2026
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Graham polled next-best with 43% favorability among Democrats and 22% among independents, and with 14% of Democrats and 25% of independents viewing him unfavorably.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
12 May 2026
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But at the center of it all is Navarrette, whose fearless turn grounds the film’s shocking premise in something both heartbreaking and haunting.—
Lexi Carson,
HollywoodReporter,
16 May 2026
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His work grounds the supernatural in the everyday, drawn from real-world terrors.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
14 May 2026
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The same can’t be said for Pidgeon, a waifish Michigan native who attended two prestigious drama schools back-to-back—Interlochen Arts Academy and Carnegie Mellon—and was cast in the Amazon Prime series The Wilds straight out of school.—
Chris Murphy,
Vanity Fair,
20 Jan. 2026
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Sales of the $6 tickets will be used to fund performances for students at Title I schools.—
Anne Gelhaus,
Mercury News,
30 Nov. 2025
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Another factor is pushback from Russian elites, who are banned from living abroad and have lost the protection of Western laws that preserved their wealth.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
16 May 2026
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Soon, not only was business a subject for scientific management, in the eyes of progressive elites, but so were schools and even churches and, naturally, cities and nations.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 May 2026
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By competition, Tolbert is referring to all the on-field, and off-field drills the Dolphins have been doing this offseason, which get so competitive players routinely request to see the film because a daily winner is declared, and the leader is tracked.—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
12 May 2026
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If the samples test positive, then the company drills to validate the discovery, secures rights to the site, and sells the rights off to a mining company.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
8 May 2026
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And luckily for me, Quince is secretly stocked with linen tops, dresses, skirts, and more, starting at just $32.—
Michelle Baricevic,
Travel + Leisure,
16 May 2026
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Jennifer Garner’s go-to sneaker brand is included in the sale too, with 25 percent discounts on all Brooks running tops and 30 percent off all bras from the brand.—
Maggie Horton,
PEOPLE,
16 May 2026
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Additionally, Charles visited a grassroots community organization that mentors children and young people affected by food insecurity.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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Students Build the ‘Frankenbird’ The robotic decoys were built by students from Jackson Hole High School working with Gary Duquette, a former engineering teacher who now mentors robotics students through the nonprofit Wonder Institute.—
Samantha Agate,
Kansas City Star,
14 Apr. 2026
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“Primes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/primes. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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