Primary
Meanings and phrases
primary
- of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary
- not derived from or reducible to something else; basic
- most important element; chief; main; principal; master
- of primary importance; basal
- of or being the essential or basic part; elementary; elemental
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- a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen; primary election
- one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing; primary feather; primary quill
- (astronomy) a celestial body (especially a star) relative to other objects in orbit around it
- coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit; primary coil; primary winding
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- a primary in which only registered members of a particular political party can vote
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- a primary in which any registered voter can vote (but must vote for candidates of only one party)
- In 1998, he won an open primary with 54% of the vote.
- The 30 elected candidates (3 for each parish) then run in an open primary election.
- In the June 2012 open primary, John Tavaglione, a Republican, ranked first with 45% of the votes.
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- an acute respiratory disease marked by high fever and coughing; caused by mycoplasma; primarily affecting children and young adults; atypical pneumonia; mycoplasmal pneumonia
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- the medical care received on first contact with the medical system (before being referred elsewhere)
- Thabong and Bronville also host various primary care clinics.
- "U.S. News" ranks it 31st for research and 21st in primary care.
- Initially the commissioning of primary care was done by NHS England.
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- a person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability; health professional; PCP; health care provider; caregiver
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- an electric cell that generates an electromotive force by an irreversible conversion of chemical to electrical energy; cannot be recharged; voltaic cell; galvanic cell
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- armed forces censorship performed by personnel of a military unit on the personal communications of persons assigned to that unit
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- coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit; primary winding; primary
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- any of three colors from which all others can be obtained by mixing; primary colour
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- any of three primary colors of light from which all colors can be obtained by additive mixing; primary colour for light
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- any of three pigments from which all colors can be obtained by mixing; primary colour for pigments
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- any of three colors from which all others can be obtained by mixing; primary color
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- any of three primary colors of light from which all colors can be obtained by additive mixing; primary color for light
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- any of three pigments from which all colors can be obtained by mixing; primary color for pigments
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- painful menstruation that is intrinsic to menstruation and not the result of a disease
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- a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen; primary
- The state primary election was September 14, 2010.
- A primary election was held on August 24, 2010.
- The primary election was held on May 19, 2009.
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- one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing; primary; primary quill
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- health care that is provided by a health care professional in the first contact of a patient with the health care system
- Within the town two primary health care clinics also operate.
- These problems are compounded by poor access to primary health care.
- He has championed improving access to both mental and primary health care.
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- one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing; primary; primary feather
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- a school for young children; usually the first 6 or 8 grades; grade school; grammar school; elementary school
- The village primary school is the Fulstow Academy.
- The parish has a Church of England primary school.
- In 1999, primary school attendance was 40 percent.
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- the genetically determined sex characteristics bound up with reproduction (genitals and organs of reproduction); primary sex characteristic; primary sexual characteristic
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- the genetically determined sex characteristics bound up with reproduction (genitals and organs of reproduction); primary sexual characteristic; primary sex character
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- the genetically determined sex characteristics bound up with reproduction (genitals and organs of reproduction); primary sex characteristic; primary sex character
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- a homogeneous solid that can exist over a range of component chemicals; a constituent of alloys that is formed when atoms of an element are incorporated into the crystals of a metal; solid solution
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- any of the three colors that give the primary colors for light after subtraction from white light; primary subtractive colour for light
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- any of the three colors that give the primary colors for light after subtraction from white light; primary subtractive color for light
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- one of the first temporary teeth of a young mammal (one of 20 in children); deciduous tooth; baby tooth; milk tooth
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- coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit; primary coil; primary
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- Two primary schools county titles in the one year!
- There are over 200 primary schools in Amsterdam.
- There are two primary schools in the Ballivor region.
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- The school has primary and secondary divisions.
- The habitat consists of primary and secondary forests.
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- He completed his primary education in his village.
- The city has a 6-year primary education program.
- Patten received her primary education overseas.
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- Gulf of Maine shelf waters are the Bank's primary source.
- Bee pollen is the primary source of protein for the hive.
- Agriculture was the primary source of revenue in the Mamluk economy.
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- Its primary purpose has been to prevent tribal war.
- In [[farce]], the comedy is a primary purpose.
- The primary purpose of a clock is to "display" the time.
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- One of the Guild's primary focus' is on education.
- Its primary focus is the resurrection of the dead.
- "Coerciveness" is the primary focus of the negotiation.
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- The primary economic activity was and is fishing.
- He was the primary economic advisor to Daniel Ortega.
- Donggang's primary economic activities are fishing and agriculture.
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- There were 57 people employed in the primary economic sector in 11 businesses.
- There were no jobs or businesses in the primary economic sector in the municipality.
- Of these, a total of 194 people worked in 49 businesses in the primary economic sector.
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- This felt security is the primary goal of all working models.
- The assignee's primary goal is to try to make the creditors whole.
- A primary goal of the Board was to organize an Indiana State Fair.
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- The few primary sources disagree on what precisely occurred.
- Aegisthus is known from two primary sources of Greek mythology.
- The family name of her mother is not attested in primary sources.
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- There is one primary health centre in the village.
- Hingalganj has a primary health centre with 6 beds.
- Gaighata has a primary health centre with 6 beds.
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- Their primary mission during peacetime is internal security and counter-terrorism.
- Its primary mission was "to conduct ionospheric measurements on a worldwide basis.
- Their primary mission was to observe an 11-year sun spot cycle in UV and X-ray spectra.
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- Engaging the Allied tanks located there became Rommel's primary objective.
- Their primary objective was the preparation of the area for Polish settlement.
- The primary objective of the game is to blow up everything and obtain as much loot as possible.
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- Its primary role was reciprocating engine pilot training.
- Calcium ions play a primary role in the regulation of sperm motility.
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- The fort's primary function during this time was as a munitions depot.
- Though called a castle, Balmoral's primary function is that of a country house.
- Its primary function is to operate and maintain the Kariba Dam on the Zambezi River.
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- Imara is also an artist whose primary medium is oil on canvas.
- I'm the EIC of a corporate website whose primary goal is to sell games."
- Pierre de Fermat was a highly influential mathematician whose primary vocation was law.
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- The primary reason for emigration was economic.
- This is a primary reason why so many Irish families came to the area.
- This time it was placed at Charleston, citing cost as the primary reason.
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- The party primary elections were held on June 8, 2010.
- The Jewish Home held its primary elections on 14 January 2015.
- The primary elections for this race were held on August 7, 2018.
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- FTP servers became the primary method in later years.
- A few months later, this became the primary 24-hour format.
- Radio and TV became the primary media through which their music was spread.
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- His primary residence is in the National Capital Region.
- From 1922 to 1925, her primary residence was in Positano.
- In 2007, the family eventually settled on Somerset as primary residence.
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- They identify the primary language spoken at home.
- Many use Hausa as their second or primary language.
- She grew up speaking French as her primary language.
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- He attended primary school in Abasolo.
- He attended primary and secondary school in Clark, South Dakota.
- He attended primary schools in Dubai, where he was a quick learner.
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- He was a candidate in the 2016 Republican presidential primary.
- He supported Alain Juppé for the 2016 The Republicans (France) presidential primary.
- The 2008 South Carolina Democratic presidential primary took place on January 26, 2008.
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- Meritocracy is a primary cause of status anxiety.
- This ambiguity is a primary cause of "democratic deficit."
- Hunting by humans is believed to be the primary cause of extinction.
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- Passing the ball was the primary means of ball movement.
- Buses and taxis are the primary means of transportation in Tubas.
- Processes are the primary means to structure an Erlang application.
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- This replaced Dumall Juancho (primary responsibility of the newspaper).
- The primary responsibility of the heart is to pump blood throughout the body.
- A buyer's primary responsibility is obtaining goods of acceptable quality at a suitable price.
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- The incumbent Congressman won 57.73% of the Republican primary vote.
- The Labor primary vote improved by 1.6% compared to the previous year's general election.
- The absence of a Greens candidate saw all candidates increase their share of the primary vote.
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- There are other primary boarding schools in Surunga.
- Four other primary schools serve Breightmet.
- Its other primary adjacent street is the Kaiserhofstraße.
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- The local primary school is Little Bendigo Primary School.
- The local primary school is St. Damian's.
- The local primary school is Scoil Náisiúnta Baile Mhic Airt.
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- His primary schooling was at St Mary's Convent School in Bowen and Childers State School.
- After primary schooling, he went to Royal College Curepipe where he passed his O Levels and A levels.
- Basa was born to Mariano Basa and Dorotea Esteban in San Roque, Cavite where he also completed his primary schooling.
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- The primary school program lasts for five years.
- The primary school program lasts for five years and includes both a standard school and a special school.
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- Carney won the primary and the general election.
- Díaz won the primary by a margin of 79% to 22%.
- Mel Martinez won the primary and the general election.
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- A primary concern is the lack of work space and absence of professors.
- It is used when power is the primary concern, such as when playing a bass drum.
- Royalties were not Winter's primary concern, "I just don't want that bullshit out ...
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- "Zieten"s primary armament consisted of a pair of torpedo tubes.
- ft. gallery is one of Conejo Valley’s primary visual arts facilities.
- However, the castle never served as the Lobkowicz family’s primary residence.
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- She is a primary school teacher at Kuntighat.
- He has been married since 1999 to Teresa, a primary school teacher.
- While continuing her studies, Soares worked as a primary school teacher.
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- There are 5 primary production methods for IPTBO.
- In oceans, most primary production is performed by algae.
- Or, if primary production slows, climate change could be accelerated.
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- He attended primary school in Abasolo.
- He attended primary school in Bauchi and secondary school in Bornu.
- He attended primary school at Suankularb Wittayalai School, Bangkok.
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- Indigenous languages are included in the school syllabus at primary level.
- Skinner pioneered the use of teaching machines in the classroom, especially at the primary level.
- At primary level, local children are educated at Boherbue National School which is on the Knocknagree road (L1108).
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- The journal covers primary research from any discipline within science and medicine.
- His primary research fields are probability theory, combinatorics, and statistical inference.
- The archive is a primary research resource for a wide range of scholars in arts and humanities.
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- In April 2016 a new primary school, Noss Primary, opened.
- A new primary school has recently opened in nearby Lychpit.
- However, in June 2004 the kindergarten moved to the new primary campus.
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- He received his primary education in Chyrów.
- He received his primary education in a mosque, at mullah.
- Shchokin received his primary and secondary education in Ukraine.
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- The Act's primary sponsor was Representative Jennings Randolph (D-WV).
- Cherney is the founder and primary sponsor of the Intelligence Summit.
- It is named after its primary sponsor, the telecommunications company O2.
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- ft. gallery is one of Conejo Valley’s primary visual arts facilities.
- However, the castle never served as the Lobkowicz family’s primary residence.
- Thus, Rinpoche’s primary spiritual teacher was his father, Trichen Ngawang Thutop Wangchuk.
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- The state highway became a primary state highway, SR 62, in the early 1940s.
- There are 37 primary state schools and 8 secondary state schools in the city.
- North Carolina Highway 303 (NC 303) was a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina.
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- Spain made some territorial gains but failed in its primary aim of recovering Gibraltar.
- His primary aim was to reach children before they were convinced about a spherical Earth.
- For Colban the primary aim of the UN as well as of the League of Nations was keeping the peace.
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- and there is a government primary school in this village.
- There is a government primary school.
- It has a government primary school.
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- It has both primary and secondary schools as well as a hospital.
- He attended Standard international School both primary and secondary.
- Religious education was prohibited in both primary and secondary school.
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- Echovirus is highly infectious, and its primary target is children.
- Therefore, the most current Hellspawn, Al Simmons, is her primary target.
- The American dollar is generally the primary target for these currency managers.
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- He completed his primary education in his village.
- Dhankhar completed his primary education in Kithana village School.
- Shri Gangaramji Thaware completed his primary education in Jamb in 1912.
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- The primary use of elemental oxygen is in steelmaking.
- The primary use cases are in quoting, estimating and billing translation work.
- Since then, the primary use of the "James Bond Theme" has been with action scenes.
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- FTP servers became the primary method in later years.
- Concurrency supports the primary method of error-handling in Erlang.
- However, they still employ echolocation as a primary method of orientation.
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- Three DMD devices are used, one for each of the primary colors.
- The primary colors on the State Police uniform are Black and Red.
- The colors used in the costumes were all primary colors: cyan, yellow, magenta, and green.
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- Generally, these battles are fought with bows and arrows as the primary weapon.
- The primary weapon is the leopard fist, which can be likened to a half-opened fist.
- The players can pick their primary weapon (a pistol serves as the secondary weapon).
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- Nazat has a primary health centres with 6 beds.
- There are primary health centres at Nimichi and Dhuturdaha.
- There are primary health centres at Mangalganj (Nataberia PHC with 6 beds), Sindrani (with 10 beds) and at Beara (Koniara PHC with 6 beds).
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- Marist College Canberra opened in 1968 with primary classes whilst construction of the secondary school building was still being completed.
- The 1,000 foot distance is now also popular with bracket racing, especially in meets where there are 1/8 mile cars and 1/4 mile cars racing together, and is used by the revived American Drag Racing League for its primary classes (not Jr Dragster).
- Usually applied for work above 1 kV AC 1.5 kV DC The primary classes are: Gloves protect the worker from exposure to the live part being worked upon sometimes referred to as the 1st point of contact; the point where current would enter the body should an inadvertent contact be made.
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- The primary component is a yellow G-type supergiant.
- The primary component of the 2 Equ pair is an F-type main sequence star.
- The primary component of the Christian militias was the Maronite Phalangists.
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- His primary campaign featured a "Tea Party-tinged" message.
- She was also a prominent supporter of Senator Clinton's primary campaign.
- Netanyahu's attorney and his primary campaign have contested the disqualification.
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- For its entire length the A4 is a primary route.
- Excretion: The primary route of excretion is the urine.
- The pass was on the primary route between Eilat and central Israel in 1954.
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- The local primary school is Little Bendigo Primary School.
- The local primary school is St. Damian's.
- The local primary school is Scoil Náisiúnta Baile Mhic Airt.
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- He ran unsuccessfully for governor in the 1979 nonpartisan blanket primary.
- The top 2 candidates from the blanket primary advanced to the general election.
- Pursuant to Proposition 14 passed in 2010, California uses a nonpartisan blanket primary.
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- The state highway became a primary state highway, SR 62, in the early 1940s.
- North Carolina Highway 303 (NC 303) was a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina.
- Virginia State Route 9 State Route 9 (SR 9) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia.
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- The Fiend is the Dark made Flesh and the series' primary antagonist.
- He is best known for playing Apophis, a primary antagonist on "Stargate SG-1".
- Prince Cheng, referred to by his name Yongxing, is the book's primary antagonist.
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- Under this comparison, primary energy supply drops 42%.
- Oil shale supplies around 70% of the country's primary energy.
- The California Energy Commission is the primary energy policy and planning agency.
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- The primary languages spoken in Bardepur are Maithili, Hindi, and Urdu.
- Tigrinya is spoken as a first language by 97.14%, and 2.75% speak Amharic; the remaining 0.11% spoke all other primary languages reported.
- Oromiffa was spoken as a first language by 99.25%, and 1.69% spoke Amharic; the remaining 0.22% spoke all other primary languages reported.
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- Most Greeks attend public primary and secondary schools.
- She was educated locally in Walvis Bay, attending the public primary and secondary schools.
- The Calvinist dominance in the local area led the municipalities to marginalize public primary education.
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- The state primary election was September 14, 2010.
- It is one of the oldest state primary schools in Queensland.
- Elections are held in the state primary, now in the spring, with run-off elections in November.
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- McCain faced a possible Republican primary challenge.
- Another primary challenge consists in the ideology of a "filter bubble" effect.
- The establishment of public credit became a primary challenge for the federal government.
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- One of the primary goals of this megaproject was finding the Higgs boson.
- Commercialization of academic research is one of the primary goals of NSF ERCs.
- The UK-China Sustainable Agriculture Innovation Network has four primary goals: 1.
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- The primary reasons for the Second Settlement were as follows.
- Ultimately, Truitt was unhappy at LSU for three primary reasons.
- The primary reasons behind rule changes have traditionally been to do with safety.
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- The primary industry in the area is farming, and the River Wear runs through the area.
- In recent years, tourism has became the primary industry, accounting for around 140,000 jobs.
- Agriculture shifted to tourism and other businesses as the primary industry of the peninsula in the 1980s.
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- It is an upper primary and higher secondary school.
- The panchayath has good number of primary and upper primary schools.
- There are many lower primary and upper primary schools around Thuneri.
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- The DH rule now constitutes the primary difference between the two leagues.
- The primary difference in the forms of air as matter was the degree of condensation and density.
- The primary difference with the O-Pee-Chee sets is the 'Printed in Canada' statement on the reverse.
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- Plastic debris is categorized as either primary or secondary.
- Cicatricial alopecias are classified as primary or secondary.
- Arteritis may be primary or secondary to some other disease process.
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- Burnley is the primary songwriter in the band.
- He is best known as the lead singer and primary songwriter for the band Civil Twilight.
- As the primary songwriter for the band, Neil Finn has always set the tone for the band's sound.
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- The vessels primary task is to support naval forces with after-supplies.
- The first officer was distracted by the captain's dealings with the landing-gear issues, hindering him from primary task: flying the aircraft.
- HKP562 served a few workshops (that were spread out through Vilnius) one primary task was for the conversion of smaller trucks to use wood as fuel.
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- His primary interest was the nexus of art/the creative process/psychology.
- In this case the primary interest is in the vertical motion of the Earth's surface.
- In an earlier version of the script, Bobby James' primary interest was song-writing.
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- The carrier's primary business is not transportation.
- Farming is the primary business of most of the residents.
- Its primary business was U.S. large cap growth equity management.
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- The first primary school in Engenni was built in Okarki in the year 1903.
- With 46 percent of the ballots, he nearly won outright in the first primary.
- This is the first primary English-language network to air on 67.1 since 2002.
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- One of the primary objectives of the UMH is its internationalization.
- The primary objectives of the campaign are a new athletics center and an expanded science complex.
- Its primary objectives were to eradicate colonialism and improve social, political and economic situations in Africa.
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- The primary occupation is farming.
- The primary occupation is subsistence farming and livestock rearing.
- Jean Françaix's primary occupation was his extraordinarily active compositional career.
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- Tigrinya is spoken as a first language by 97.14%, and 2.75% speak Amharic; the remaining 0.11% spoke all other primary languages reported.
- Oromiffa was spoken as a first language by 99.25%, and 1.69% spoke Amharic; the remaining 0.22% spoke all other primary languages reported.
- Daasanach was spoken as a first language by 66.42% of the inhabitants, 29.36% spoke Nyangatom, and 2.46% spoke Amharic; the remaining 1.87% spoke all other primary languages reported.
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- Another new playground for the primary students was completed in 2013.
- They have difficulty acquiring quality teachers and 97 percent of preprimary and primary students are in overcrowded classrooms.
- There is a rooftop for leisure, used during lunch, recess or the occasional PE lesson, as well as a miniature field on the 3rd floor which is mostly used by primary students.
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- He ran unsuccessfully for governor in the 1979 nonpartisan blanket primary.
- Pursuant to Proposition 14 passed in 2010, California uses a nonpartisan blanket primary.
- In the November 6 election, technically a nonpartisan blanket primary for Congress, Boustany led Landry by 45,596 votes.
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- Tigrinya is spoken as a first language by 97.14%, and 2.75% speak Amharic; the remaining 0.11% spoke all other primary languages reported.
- Oromiffa was spoken as a first language by 99.25%, and 1.69% spoke Amharic; the remaining 0.22% spoke all other primary languages reported.
- Daasanach was spoken as a first language by 66.42% of the inhabitants, 29.36% spoke Nyangatom, and 2.46% spoke Amharic; the remaining 1.87% spoke all other primary languages reported.
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- Tigrinya is spoken as a first language by 97.14%, and 2.75% speak Amharic; the remaining 0.11% spoke all other primary languages reported.
- Oromiffa was spoken as a first language by 99.25%, and 1.69% spoke Amharic; the remaining 0.22% spoke all other primary languages reported.
- Daasanach was spoken as a first language by 66.42% of the inhabitants, 29.36% spoke Nyangatom, and 2.46% spoke Amharic; the remaining 1.87% spoke all other primary languages reported.
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- Aerial dance has since become the primary performance focus of the troupe.
- Overuse of antibiotics has become the primary cause of rising levels of antibiotic resistance.
- By the 1970s, live electronics had become the primary area of innovation in electronic music .
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- His two-term tenure was often cited as a primary factor.
- The safety of marathon runners was cited as a primary factor.
- In the late 1970s, operating cost replaced capacity as the primary factor in airliner purchases.
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- Students will have the same teacher for the first 3 years of primary school.
- He undertook six years of primary education and five years of professional courses.
- After nine years of primary school, students can go to the high school or to an educational institution.
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- Such a sequence is called the primary structure of the biopolymer.
- The following content uses protein primary structure single-letter location.
- The tetrameric structure was deduced as its primary structure is only 28 kDa.
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- His primary mode of transportation is a 2008 Ford F250.
- The primary mode of travel was thought to be watercraft.
- Government buses are the primary mode of transportation.
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- There are also areas of dipterocarp primary forest.
- All "Rhinopithecus" species inhabit primary forest and grid cells with tree cover ≥ 75% might constitute important potential habitat.
- Preferred habitat appears to be lowland primary forest, but they have also been recorded in secondary forest, bamboo and logged forest.
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- The primary commercial significance of this stonefish is as an aquarium pet.
- The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021 called it a "primary commercial service" airport.
- The primary commercial source of barium is baryte (also called barytes or heavy spar), a barium sulfate mineral.
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- There is one primary health centre in the village.
- Hingalganj has a primary health centre with 6 beds.
- Gaighata has a primary health centre with 6 beds.
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- In 1937, the road north to Jewell Ridge was transferred to the primary system.
- The gap in SR 83 was filled in 1938, transferring some of SR 617 to the primary system.
- In 1942, the present length of SR 78 was transferred to the primary system as State Route 62.
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- Rubio went on to win the Republican primary against only token opposition.
- Murray won the Democratic primary against trivial opponents (farmer Ray E. Gulick and Sam G. Feezell).
- However, rather than run in a primary against his colleague, Barrett decided to run for governor in 2002.