primers
Britishplural noun
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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
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