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
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
The existence of Mas'ud's alleged confession was first revealed in 2020, when the US announced it was charging him with building and priming the bomb used on Pan Am 103.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2025
Trying not to put in too much or too little, he trickled fine firing grains into the priming pan beneath the hammer lock and flint.
From "The Fighting Ground" by Avi
Captain Florentin had just ordered us to renew our primings, when General Souham, General Chemineau, Colonel Zapfel, and our commandant arrived.
From The Conscript A Story of the French war of 1813 by Erckmann-Chatrian
"I'll give a look to our primings while ye drink a stirrup-cup."
From Stories of the Border Marches by Lang, Jeanie
I of course agreed with him, and as we went along we looked to the primings of our rifles, so that we might be prepared to defend ourselves.
From Snow Shoes and Canoes The Early Days of a Fur-Trader in the Hudson Bay Territory by Little, Norman
I slipped a ball into each barrel, scraped the edges of my flints, renewed the primings, and returning to the hut, gave a favorable account of my observations.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 by Mabie, Hamilton Wright
On the present occasion it only remained to freshen the primings, and each piece was in a state for service.
From The Deerslayer by Cooper, James Fenimore
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