Definitions for primaries
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1. primariesnoun

   Plural form of primary.

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1. primaries

   Primary elections, or direct primary are a voting process by which voters can indicate their preference for their party's candidate, or a candidate in general, in an upcoming general election, local election, or by-election. Depending on the country and administrative divisions within the country, voters might consist of the general public in what is called an open primary, or solely the members of a political party in what is called a closed primary. In addition to these, there are other variants on primaries (which are discussed below) that are used by many countries holding elections throughout the world. The origins of primary elections can be traced to the progressive movement in the United States, which aimed to take the power of candidate nomination from party leaders to the people. However, political parties control the method of nomination of candidates for office in the name of the party. Other methods of selecting candidates include caucuses, internal selection by a party body such as a convention or party congress, direct nomination by the party leader, and nomination meetings. Primary elections are typically held for offices that have a rigid term, such as a president, governor or member of a legislature. Offices such as a prime minister, which can be replaced without recourse to a new election, typically do not have dedicated primaries of their own; rather, the party typically nominates its internal party leader as its candidate for such an office. However, Prime Ministerial primaries have been held in inter-party electoral alliances, such as the 2021 Hungarian opposition primary, and also in cases where a single party opted to retain its leader but select someone else as its Prime Ministerial candidate, as the Portuguese Socialist Party has done in 2014. The inverse may also happen; the Democratic Progressive Party in Taiwan automatically bestows the party's internal leadership on a sitting DPP president.

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1. Primaries

   of Primary

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1. Primaries

   the anterior or fore-wings.

How to pronounce primaries?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of primaries in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of primaries in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of primaries in a Sentence

1. David Yepsen:

   It's a crowded field to begin with and it's almost as if, within the Republican contest, there are some early sub-primaries: Who is going to be the establishment candidate? Who is going to be the social conservative candidate?

2. Brad Todd:

   I don't see that happening with Democrats as much as it does with Republicans since all of their candidates are pretty much orthodox liberals, there's no such thing as a centrist Democrat anymore, so there won't be nearly as many sabers to rattle against them in primaries.

3. Aki Peritz:

   Mar-a-Lago has been a porous place ever since Donald Trump declared Donald Trump candidacy and started winning primaries several years ago, if you were any intelligence service, friendly or unfriendly, worth their salt, they would be concentrating their efforts on this incredibly porous place.

4. Marc Short:

   I think the trajectory of most candidates who get in early to Republican primaries doesn’t really fare too well, so I think there is a benefit to him waiting until the end of this process.

5. Alan Abramowitz:

   It’s going to be interesting to see what [candidates] do after the primaries are over.

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Primaries
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primaries
3. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/primaries
4. ^ Entomology
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/22748/22748-h/22748-h.htm#:~:text=primaries