primary producer
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of primary producer
First recorded in 1925–30
Example Sentences
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Give and Go Prepared Foods Corp, the company listed on the FDA report, is the primary producer for in-store bakery products in North America.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2025
Wisconsin is, by far, the primary producer of the country’s cranberries, followed by Massachusetts.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 18, 2023
California is also the nation’s primary producer of several crops, including almonds, artichokes, olives and walnuts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2023
The workers were from Sibanye-Stillwater, which is a metal mining company and the world's largest primary producer of platinum, according to its own website.
From BBC ● May 2, 2022
In this illustration the bottom trophic level is the primary producer, which is green algae.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
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