primary election

American  

noun

1. primary.

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primary election British  

noun

1. See primary

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Etymology

Origin of primary election

First recorded in 1785–95

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Example Sentences

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primary election

She slipped into pumps with the American flag bedazzled across them at a primary election party in Iowa in June.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

But he began to soften on the mayor after the June primary election.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026

In the June primary election, Gibbs received 40.98% of the vote, Whitesides received 40.63%, and two other Democratic candidates collectively received the remaining 18.39%.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

That included a facility in Pennsylvania on the state’s primary election day, which caused 56 ballots to be postmarked with the wrong date.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026

Allwright, the Supreme Court ended the use of the all-white primary election; and in 1946, the Court ruled that state laws requiring segregation on interstate buses were unconstitutional.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

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