primary type
Americannoun
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Glucose is the primary type of sugar found in human blood, making it a key source of energy for cells.
From Science Daily ● May 17, 2024
Mental health counseling is the primary type of care offered to transgender children before puberty.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 25, 2022
For months, backyard travel — staycations on a longer leash — has been the primary type of tourism.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 1, 2021
Neurons are the primary type of cell that most anyone associates with the nervous system.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
That is, the clan tracing its descent from a common ancestor, if this was the primary type of clan, must have been subsequent to the family as a social institution.
From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) by Russell, R. V. (Robert Vane)
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