Example Sentences

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Borjigin notes that the two people whose brains showed gamma activity also had a history of seizures, which she says could have primed their brains to experience abnormal rhythms.

From Science Magazine • May 1, 2023

These conditions have primed Western Washington forests for wildfires that can ignite abruptly and spread quickly.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 19, 2022

From a biological perspective, we have been shaped by hundreds of thousands of years of evolution, which have primed our brains to become extremely effective inference machines.

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

It’s a reminder of a persistent weakness in the growing NFT economy, where surprise drops have primed buyers to move fast or risk missing out.

From The Verge • Jan. 7, 2022

Late summer is a time yellow jackets have primed their airborne paper lodges with enough sustenance needed to carry through from fall to winter.

From The Land of Look Behind by Brown, Paul Cameron