noun
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something used to prime
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a substance, used to ignite an explosive charge
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Nasdaq is changing its procedures to put SpaceX in funds based on it and priming the pump to do the same with Anthropic and OpenAI, which have historically burned through cash.
From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026
As Barron’s wrote last November, the company has been priming investors for the loss of Apple’s sales for years, and it may already be factored into the stock price.
From Barron's • Jan. 9, 2026
And the earlier the snow melts, the more time plants and soils have to dry out in the summer heat, priming the landscape for large wildfires, Schwartz said.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2025
Taken together, these two lines of research—the broad immune priming revealed by Covid mRNA vaccines and the precision targeting achieved by cancer-specific mRNA therapies—are beginning to converge.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 5, 2025
To see one of their own priming the opposition did something to the team’s morale that hours of practice could not over-come.
From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli
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