By spinning HSN into its own entity, IACI may be priming the company for a sale.
From the forbes.com
Priming for the election, he set records in building schools, dams and highways.
From the time.com
Priming is especially important when using a dark color or covering a dark color.
From the denverpost.com
For months the Federal Reserve has been priming the US economy by printing money.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Rimfire priming was a popular solution before centerfire priming was perfected.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Priming involves the exposure of a person to information under false pretenses.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The soldier will bring the musket to the priming position, with the pan opened.
From the en.wikipedia.org
So when we bottled it, we didn't reduce the amount of priming sugar we were using.
From the democratandchronicle.com
Milton Friedman famously used Japan to argue that fiscal pump-priming didn't work.
From the economist.com
More examples
The act of making something ready
Fuse: any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant
Flat coat: the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface
(primed) fit(p): (usually followed by `to' or `for') on the point of or strongly disposed; "in no fit state to continue"; "fit to drop"; "laughing fit to burst"; "she was fit to scream"; "primed for a fight"; "we are set to go at any time"
Priming in botany and agriculture is a form of seed planting preparation in which the seeds are pre-soaked before planting.
The first contact of a T or B cell with its specific antigen is called priming and causes differentiation into effector T or B cells (cytotoxic, cytokine, antibody).
The priming theory states that media images stimulate related thoughts in the minds of audience members. For example, if a person were to see a cartoon character play a trick that inflicts pain or injury on another character, without permanent consequences, it could make that person more likely to repeat the violent action in real life.
Priming is the implicit memory effect in which exposure to a stimulus influences response to a subsequent stimulus. It can occur following perceptual, semantic, or conceptual stimulus repetition. ...
Priming is a cleaning and preparation process that involves cleaning scientific equipment with the same liquid chemical it will come into contact with during the experiment. ...