prime target
noun
: someone who is more likely than most other people to be affected by something (such as a disease)
Men in this age group are prime targets for heart disease.
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It was known that lipids are sensitive to pressure, so cell membranes were a prime target for investigation.
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Yasemin Saplakoglu, WIRED, 20 Oct. 2024
Latino voters, a sizable portion of the state’s electorate and a majority of Coachella’s population, are also a prime target for Trump’s visit.
—Mabinty Quarshie, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 12 Oct. 2024
Life in the capital has been terrifying at times: in the first weeks of the war, when the city was a prime target, and sporadically since then, when Russian missiles have penetrated Kyiv’s staunch air defenses.
—Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2024
And by picking Fortas rather than a centrist or someone not already sitting on the Court, Johnson unwittingly gave the Warren Court’s enemies a prime target.
—Michael Bobelian, TIME, 7 Oct. 2024
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Yasemin Saplakoglu, WIRED, 20 Oct. 2024
Latino voters, a sizable portion of the state’s electorate and a majority of Coachella’s population, are also a prime target for Trump’s visit.
—Mabinty Quarshie, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 12 Oct. 2024
Life in the capital has been terrifying at times: in the first weeks of the war, when the city was a prime target, and sporadically since then, when Russian missiles have penetrated Kyiv’s staunch air defenses.
—Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2024
And by picking Fortas rather than a centrist or someone not already sitting on the Court, Johnson unwittingly gave the Warren Court’s enemies a prime target.
—Michael Bobelian, TIME, 7 Oct. 2024
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“Prime target.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prime%20target. Accessed 18 Nov. 2024.
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