primary season

collocation in English

meaningsofprimaryandseason

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primary
adjective
uk
/ˈpraɪ.mər.i/us
/ˈpraɪ.mer.i/
more important than anything ...
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season
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsiː.zən/us
/ˈsiː.zən/
one of the four periods of the year; spring, summer, autumn, ...
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(Definition ofprimaryandseasonfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Their candidacies stalled midway through theprimaryseason.
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Most candidates need a bit of both to remain a player well into theprimaryseason.
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The major candidates are winnowed to one during theprimaryseason.
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Yet, some candidacies do not end by the close of theprimaryseason.
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A constant baseline rate would imply that candidate withdrawals are evenly spaced over the course of theprimaryseason.
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This dual disadvantage leads them to abandon their quests for the presidential nomination before the close of theprimaryseason.
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Quick exits early in the contest followed by a slower withdrawal rate later in theprimaryseasonsuggest a non-monotonic hazard rate.
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The costs of a prolonged nomination battle are high, and thus three-quarters of trailing candidates withdraw during the springprimaryseason.
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Each presidential campaign season also tends to include non-traditional candidates whose candidacies survive long into theprimaryseasonby employing inexpensive campaign tactics.
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The initial negative direction of the curvilinear relationship is heavily influenced by nine candidacies with scant campaign funds who remained in the presidential contest throughout theprimaryseason.
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Others superdelegates are chosen during theprimaryseason.
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He was still relatively unknown nationally before theprimaryseason.
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The confrontation was the most-watchedprimaryseasondebate in cable television news history.
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It was the most-watchedprimaryseasondebate in cable television news history.
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This was due to the lack of a sufficientprimaryseasonfor the nomination.
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After dropping out early in the 2000primaryseason, he returned to heading the magazine and company.
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States are awarded bonus pledged delegates if they schedule their primary or caucus later in theprimaryseason.
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The tourism industry is seasonal, with summer being theprimaryseason, and a smaller peak season during spring break.
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Even so, he mentioned in interviews that he regretted missing much of the presidential electionprimaryseason.
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Monsoon season, the rainy season in the late summer and early fall months, is theprimaryseasonfor planting crops.
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At the beginning of theprimaryseason, this prediction did seem to be at least partially correct.
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In such aprimaryseason, however, many primaries will fall on the same day, forcing candidates to choose where to spend their time and resources.
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The phrase has been widely popularized by sports journalists since 2004 and was picked up by the mainstream media during the 2008 politicalprimaryseason.
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Your chicken sandwiches were our comfort food through theprimaryseason, and heaven knows there were days that we needed a lot of comfort.
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Conferences establish playing schedules in theprimaryseason, while in the secondary season the teams often set up friendly matches or focus on playing rugby sevens.
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