prime target

noun

: someone who is more likely than most other people to be affected by something (such as a disease)

Men in this age group are prime targets for heart disease.

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Gmail, being the world’s biggest free email service with more than 2.5 billion active accounts, according to Google, is naturally a prime target for these ongoing attacks. —

Davey Winder, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024 That critical role makes Treasury a prime target for fraudsters seeking to steal from taxpayers. —

Matt Egan, CNN, 17 Oct. 2024 It was known that lipids are sensitive to pressure, so cell membranes were a prime target for investigation. —

Yasemin Saplakoglu, WIRED, 20 Oct. 2024 Latino voters, a sizable portion of the state’s electorate and a majority of Coachella’s population, are also a prime target for Trump’s visit. —

Mabinty Quarshie, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 12 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for prime target