primary challenge

collocation in English

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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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challenge
noun
uk
/ˈtʃæl.ɪndʒ/us
/ˈtʃæl.ɪndʒ/
(the situation of being faced with) something that needs great mental or physical effort in order to be done successfully and therefore tests a ...
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(Definition ofprimaryandchallengefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Theprimarychallengeis contamination of the samples with organisms external to the environment of interest.
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Hence, deciding the optimal sequence of operations for any given product is aprimarychallengein reducing the time and cost of the total operation.
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In the historical field, which deals primarily with written sources and calendar dates, the ability to establish chronology remains theprimarychallengeof recording history for periods pre-dating written sources.
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First of all, employment is ourprimarychallengeand should be a priority in terms of funding.
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Theprimarychallengeof project management is to achieve all of the project goals and objectives while honoring the preconceived constraints.
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Theprimarychallengeof the wooden round requirement was to design the engine to be as reliable as possible.
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Identifying when to enter and when to exit a trade is theprimarychallengefor all swing trading strategies.
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Hisprimarychallengewill be taking a government with a large indebtness and high deficit.
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Theprimarychallengein illustrating children's books, she believed, was how to maintain freedom within limitation.
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Theprimarychallengefor modern rail maintenance is that less time is available to perform it due to higher traffic densities.
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In that respect, theprimarychallengeof the modern age consisted in finding a method to keep the human touch attached to the products.
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Theprimarychallengeis to stay just ahead of the runners enjoying the open roadway afforded by the race closure.
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He faced aprimarychallengein 1992, but went on to win both the primary and general elections soundly.
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He lost aprimarychallengein 2004, and lost another primary in 2006.
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Like many other women jockeys, she views theprimarychallengeto be the difficulty of horse racing itself.
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He endured a toughprimarychallengeduring his first campaign, before winning the general election by an 8-point margin.
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In 1998, he attempted to regain his seat, but due to mistakes in the filing of petitions was unable to force aprimarychallenge.
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White rhinos are social animals and require large, open spaces, presenting aprimarychallengein captive breeding.
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Theprimarychallengefor an echo canceller is determining the nature of the filtering to be applied to the far-end signal such that it resembles the resultant near-end signal.
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