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primary contact

American  

noun

Sociology.
  1. a communication or relationship between people that is characterized by intimacy and personal familiarity.


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Balwani was the primary contact for investor Daniel Grossman of PFM Management, Holmes said.

From The Verge Nov. 23, 2021

Snowden’s primary contact with the publisher was his principal legal adviser, Ben Wizner, director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 1, 2019

Court filings made as part of the company’s legal settlement with the Justice Department, and EPA listed Cook as the primary contact for Equistar.

From Washington Times Jun. 1, 2018

The BBC's Lucy Williamson says their rapport has put France ahead of Germany and the UK as America's primary contact.

From BBC May 1, 2018

Intimacy: bibliography, 332; and the desire for response, 329-30; form of primary contact, 294-85.

From Introduction to the Science of Sociology by Park, Robert Ezra

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