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Recent Examples of prim Keep the look feeling cool (and not too prim) with tough accessories like sneakers and a chunky shoulder bag. Christina Holevas, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2024 The start of the race was a magnificent spectacle—a river of bodies, many wearing flags, channeled through a prim and floral Alpine city with blue and cumulus skies above and towering snowy peaks all around while bass Vangelis music pumped across the main square. Tom Mullen, Forbes, 8 Sep. 2024 Textured Cotton Jacket, $3,400 One such theme was prim tailoring with a feminine twist. Christina Holevas, Vogue, 12 Sep. 2024 Photo : Courtesy of The Chelsea Townhouse Best for Couples: The Chelsea Townhouse Like staying in the townhouse of your well-heeled great aunt, Chelsea’s newest city escape offers prim and proper pampering. Katie Lockhart, Robb Report, 30 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for prim 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prim
Adjective
  • It’s populated largely by white people, most of whom are grouped off into tidy nuclear families.
    Dan Sheehan, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024
  • If Mom prides herself on having a tidy space and kitchen, these reusable storage bags come in different sizes and colors.
    Brie Schwartz, Glamour, 31 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • What works for a seafront villa in a warm climate won’t necessarily work for a rustic barn-style home in the woods, a suburban Victorian, or a townhouse in the city.
    Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Built in 1890 as a private estate, the boutique hotel pays homage to its Victorian roots with original wood panelling and stained glass windows.
    Anna Haines, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • Body color or two-tone roofs — black or white, depending on trim level — are available.
    Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Photographs show a boyish, handsomely dressed man with laughing eyes and a trim little mustache, sitting at his desk or standing by the seashore with his daughter.
    Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • In voiceover, Ai fondly recalls her own uncles and aunts sneaking out to clubs at night, partying all weekend, clashing with their elders and the more puritanical past generations stunned by the appropriation of sexier dress, style, and musical verve.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 25 Oct. 2024
  • In this version, religious zealots—some imported, and some homegrown—are trying to impose a puritanical form of religious law on society.
    Daniel Corstange, Foreign Affairs, 14 Sep. 2016
Adjective
  • In a way, this meme draws together disparate threads that have impacted the political discourse over the last few days into one neat package.
    Callum Booth, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
  • International politics are too complicated for neat binaries.
    Daniel DePetris, Twin Cities, 3 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • Conn’s filed its own Chapter 11 petition in July to conduct an orderly wind-down of operations, which include both the Conn’s and W.S. Badcock nameplates.
    Vicki M. Young, Sourcing Journal, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Moran reiterated the importance of maintaining orderly conduct.
    Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024

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“Prim.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prim. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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