primary

In a sentence

Six example sentences with primary, each labelled with its topic.

• The primary source was the diary itself, and every published account read afterward simply repeated what those pages said.

  Literature

• Freight remains the primary cost in the model, larger than wages and rent added together in every region.

  Business

• Sleep loss was the primary factor in the errors, outweighing caffeine, noise, and shift length in every model tested.

  Psychology

• The primary cause of the outbreak was a cracked water pipe, and the crowded ward only made it spread faster.

  Medicine

• The primary mirror gathers the light, and every smaller mirror behind it merely steers the beam toward the sensor.

  Science

• The primary entrance faces the square, while a smaller side door serves deliveries and the staff.

  Architecture

Found in these word lists

Each source is a published word list that contains primary. No exam board publishes an official GRE, GMAT or SAT list; GMAT words come from GRE lists and the Academic Word List.

More Academic words

• appendix
• implication
• colleague
• restriction
• substitution
• competent
• edit
• factor
• anticipated
• exceed
• component
• pronounced