Example Sentences

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USC baseball’s charmed season came to an end in a Super Regional matchup, but they are primed to make bigger leaps in the future.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

The rate of U.S. inflation is primed to top 4% for the first time in three years — and the negative repercussions are likely to be felt for the rest of the year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Over the weekend, at a trade show in Taiwan, Nvidia got Wall Street primed by introducing several products, including its new, more powerful Vera CPU, which needs liquid cooling External link.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

A decade ago, the EAC decried the influx of second-hand clothing and was primed to impose a ban across its member states.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

It then begins dividing, replicating itself into a new colony of identical cells, all labeled with the same receptor, primed with the same question.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas