primary vehicle

collocation in English

meaningsofprimaryandvehicle

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primary
adjective
uk
/ˈpraɪ.mər.i/us
/ˈpraɪ.mer.i/
more important than anything ...
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vehicle
noun
uk
/ˈvɪə.kəl/us
/ˈviː.ə.kəl/
formal
a machine, usually with wheels and an engine, used for transporting people or goods, especially ...
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(Definition ofprimaryandvehiclefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Language is aprimaryvehicleby which cultural ideologies circulate, it is a central site of social practice, and it is a crucial means for producing sociocultural identities.
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Both times, as aprimaryvehiclefor celestial influence on the terrestrial realm, the ray has a musical component.
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If they need aprimaryvehicle, it is there and will be passed in good time.
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This competence in multiple varieties is arguably theprimaryvehicleof linguistic change.
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Thus, the department became aprimaryvehiclefor dispensing patronage to political supporters.
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Proletkult was seen as aprimaryvehiclefor the development of this new proletarian culture.
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Strip clubs are profit-oriented businesses like restaurants and other retail establishments and dancers are theirprimaryvehicleto entice customers to spend time and money in the establishment.
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At the same time theprimaryvehicleof air power was increasingly seen as the large all-metal bomber: powerful enough to carry armour protection for its vulnerable areas.
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Although its content is scientifically rigorous and up to date, it is not a true scholarly journal in the sense of being aprimaryvehiclefor communicating new results.
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While rarely used as theprimaryvehicleidentification method, automatic number plate recognition is used on a number of different highway systems.
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Automatic number plate recognition, while rarely used as theprimaryvehicleidentification method, is more commonly used in violation enforcement.
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I mentioned ships and aircraft as being the primary vehicles of our export trade.
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The primary vehicles of this special were motorbikes.
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Publicityoften called the air war is one of the primary vehicles by which information gleaned from employer research may be used.
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