Explore Primaries through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Primaries in a sentence
Primaries meaning
plural of primary
Using Primaries
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of primary
- In the example corpus, primaries often appears in combinations such as: the primaries, primaries and, presidential primaries.
Context around Primaries
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 12 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Primaries
- In this selection, "primaries" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, democratic, direct, apc, initially, reportedly and citation stand out and add context to how "primaries" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 2020 parliamentary primaries and 2024 democratic primaries. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "primaries" sits close to words such as bowls, congressman and downward, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with primaries
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Breaking: Presidency cancels FEC meeting over party primaries. (8 words)
Primaries After Hart withdrew from the race, no clear frontrunner emerged before the primaries and caucuses began. (17 words)
A candidate may be more extreme during the primaries, since they can pull back to the center later. (18 words)
He said: “Having gone through the provisions of our party’s constitution and the resolution of its NEC where it suggested direct, indirect or consensus method in conducting our primaries, I want to move that Plateau should adopt indirect primaries. (40 words)
The APC primaries initially scheduled for Sunday ran into a hitch when two of the three aspirants, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu and Dr Mahmood Halilu contesting with Bindow announced their withdrawal over the method of primaries and choice of venue. (39 words)
Don’t forget that they are just coming out from one crisis and going into another crisis presupposes that they have to do primaries and in the course of doing primaries, they will lose more members to APC. (38 words)
And last question for you — and I know a lot of people who are listening to this who are practitioners of politics will be curious — how are you thinking about 2024 Democratic primaries? (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
In top-two primaries — also called jungle primaries — all candidates, regardless of party, run on the same ballot, and the two candidates with the most votes advance to the general election.
With the amendment having failed, Florida primaries l remain open to only registered Democrats in Democratic Primaries and registered Republicans in Republican primary elections.
Chakwera’s MCP went further to cheat during the primaries for Nancy Tembo (who is daughter in law to JZU) to lose the Primaries.
According to him, there would be repeat governorship primaries in Zamfara, Imo and Adamawa states while the senatorial primaries in Niger, Ondo and some other states would be conducted again.
A statement by the party’s State Publicity Secretary, Ade Ajayi, on Wednesday said the primaries have been shifted till Thursday and direct primaries would be the method of electing the candidates.
Don’t forget that they are just coming out from one crisis and going into another crisis presupposes that they have to do primaries and in the course of doing primaries, they will lose more members to APC.
He said: “Having gone through the provisions of our party’s constitution and the resolution of its NEC where it suggested direct, indirect or consensus method in conducting our primaries, I want to move that Plateau should adopt indirect primaries.
The APC primaries initially scheduled for Sunday ran into a hitch when two of the three aspirants, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu and Dr Mahmood Halilu contesting with Bindow announced their withdrawal over the method of primaries and choice of venue.
The APC primaries where members across the state are expected to choose the party’s flagbearer through direct primaries is slated to hold on Saturday, September 29, 2018.
The drama played out few hours after Ahmed Gulak, chairman of the APC gubernatorial primaries, reportedly declared Senator Hope Uzodimma winner of the primaries.
Although Kennedy had only competed in nine presidential primaries, citation Kennedy's rivals, Johnson and Symington, failed to campaign in any primaries.
Primaries After Hart withdrew from the race, no clear frontrunner emerged before the primaries and caucuses began.
Taft won the Nebraska, Wisconsin, Illinois, and South Dakota primaries, while Eisenhower won the New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and Oregon primaries.
A candidate may be more extreme during the primaries, since they can pull back to the center later.
Addressing the modest crowd gathered inside the palace, Asiwaju likened the primaries and election he went through to a World Cup tournament while thanking God and the people for his eventual victory.
Akwatia NPP constituency is sharply divided along two factions which started from the conduct of the 2020 parliamentary primaries.
And arguably the first official opportunity to do so is in New Hampshire, because of how the state conducts it primaries.
And last question for you — and I know a lot of people who are listening to this who are practitioners of politics will be curious — how are you thinking about 2024 Democratic primaries?
And when virtually every race is determined in the primaries, instead of the general – where turnouts are significantly less (particularly if there’s a runoff) – that 12 percent is typically the difference between winning and losing.
Breaking: Presidency cancels FEC meeting over party primaries.
Common combinations with primaries
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: