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primers

British  
/ ˈprɪməz /

plural noun

  1. informal the youngest class in a primary school

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In 1887, he created one of the earliest written sales primers for staff to memorize.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 23, 2025

O’Kane’s work — and this book — are primers in the arts of observation and environmental activism.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2024

Post-survey results revealed that simple priming statements can strongly influence a user's mental model of an AI agent, and that the positive primers had a greater effect.

From Science Daily • Oct. 2, 2023

The EDA said the EU deals were for both complete shells and for components such as fuses, projectiles, charges and primers.

From Reuters • Sep. 29, 2023

It tasted like the cardboard covers of our primers, salty, dry, fibrous, but not as satisfyingly chewy.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago