as in handbook
a book used for instruction in a subject
a primer of human anatomy
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The following workout, which was originally created as part of a primer on HIIT exercises, is a straightforward Tabata style workout, which combines multiple 20-second exercise spurts (with 10-second rests) grouped into several rounds.
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Amanda Loudin, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2025
With his wife Miriam Lacob, Stix is co-author of a technology primer called Who Gives a Gigabyte?
—Christiane Gelitz, Scientific American, 7 Feb. 2025
The 36-year-old shared in a recent profile for Bustle that she’s constantly plugged in, and even gave Kate Hudson a primer on sports terminology while the pair were filming their latest Netflix show, Running Point.
—Sam Reed, Glamour, 24 Jan. 2025
So with camp set to begin next week, here is a quick primer on each of this year’s non-roster pitchers.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 7 Feb. 2025
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Amanda Loudin, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2025
With his wife Miriam Lacob, Stix is co-author of a technology primer called Who Gives a Gigabyte?
—Christiane Gelitz, Scientific American, 7 Feb. 2025
The 36-year-old shared in a recent profile for Bustle that she’s constantly plugged in, and even gave Kate Hudson a primer on sports terminology while the pair were filming their latest Netflix show, Running Point.
—Sam Reed, Glamour, 24 Jan. 2025
So with camp set to begin next week, here is a quick primer on each of this year’s non-roster pitchers.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 7 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for primer
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That seems like a play straight out of Reba’s handbook.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
11 Feb. 2025
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The handbook recommends pilots experiencing spatial disorientation rely on their instruments over visual information and transfer control to another pilot, since two people rarely experience these illusions at the same time.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
3 Feb. 2025
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That ability to launch wider investigations appears to have been stripped under Trump; there is no mention of systemic investigations in the new manual.—
Jennifer Smith Richards,
ProPublica,
21 Feb. 2025
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At the royal court, scribes advanced Ottoman Turkish as a language of elite writing, compiling collections of letters to convey correct writing methods, and drawing up a style manual.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
20 Feb. 2025
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Their former schools will be cut off from all public funds — for child nutrition programs, transportation, textbooks and other services — in what advocates suggested was a new phase of a yearslong effort to ensure all students graduate with basic skills in core subjects, such as English and math.—
Cayla Bamberger,
New York Daily News,
18 Feb. 2025
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Supply and demand, the preferences of buyers and sellers, trading rules — the textbooks say these and other factors determine market prices.—
Jeff Sommer,
New York Times,
14 Feb. 2025
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White space is crucial—dense text can be hard to navigate.—
Andrew Fennell,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025
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The complaint contains screenshots purportedly of text conversations between Luna and Tiffith Jr.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
19 Feb. 2025
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“Primer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/primer. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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