primary campaign

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meaningsofprimaryandcampaign

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primary
adjective
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/ˈpraɪ.mər.i/us
/ˈpraɪ.mer.i/
more important than anything ...
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campaign
noun[C]
uk
/kæmˈpeɪn/us
/kæmˈpeɪn/
a planned group of especially political, business, or military activities that are intended to achieve a ...
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(Definition ofprimaryandcampaignfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The cost of conducting aprimarycampaignacross a large area can be exceedingly expensive and militates against individual candidates.
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Theprimarycampaignwas hotly contested but not bitter.
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In the final days of theprimarycampaign, a wave of negative campaign ads emerged.
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Herprimarycampaignissue was the rights of health workers.
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During theprimarycampaign, two major issues surfaced.
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According to the party's leaders, opposition to the smoking ban was the party'sprimarycampaignplank, but other related issues were also given attention.
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Though the two positions are nominated in the primary independently, candidates for both often run together during theprimarycampaign, promoting a single ticket.
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He won the general election, after a brutalprimarycampaign.
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During theprimarycampaign, he referred to himself as a businessman with a badge.
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Hisprimarycampaignissues were day care, housing and the environment.
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Buck also stressed mounting governmental debt, an issue to which he was to frequently return throughout theprimarycampaign.
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Hisprimarycampaignplank was public ownership of hydroelectric plants across the state.
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Miller said he spent approximately $100,000 of his own funds on theprimarycampaign.
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Both said the relationship between them had been very comfortable, and that getting past their 2008primarycampaignbattles had not been difficult for them personally.
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Theprimarycampaignwas nasty.
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His 1972 campaign fundamentally altered how presidential primary campaigns were waged.
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Under party rules, the chairman must be neutral during primary campaigns.
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Near the introduction of mobile campaigns, they were primarily created to boost the impact of primary campaigns.
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