as in to categorize
to put in order based on importance
We prioritized the hardest parts of the project before the easier ones.
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Recent Examples of prioritize
Anything is better than nothing, and prioritizing consistency over intensity is key.
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Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Your routine can include a consistent sleep schedule, prioritizing hydration, nutrition, dental and skin health, physical activity, and more.
—Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 25 Apr. 2025
But many are also prioritizing something without a price tag: a job that keeps them close to home.
—Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2025
Instead, a growing wave of holidaymakers appears to be prioritizing summer trips to northern Europe to escape the blistering heat.
—Sam Meredith, CNBC, 14 Apr. 2025
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Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Your routine can include a consistent sleep schedule, prioritizing hydration, nutrition, dental and skin health, physical activity, and more.
—Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 25 Apr. 2025
But many are also prioritizing something without a price tag: a job that keeps them close to home.
—Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2025
Instead, a growing wave of holidaymakers appears to be prioritizing summer trips to northern Europe to escape the blistering heat.
—Sam Meredith, CNBC, 14 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prioritize
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Ensure that your product data is complete, categorized properly and optimized for search engines.—
Waleed Najam,
Forbes.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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While there are endless examples of stimming behavior, they can be categorized into one of five sensory experiences.—
Anna Giorgi,
Verywell Health,
17 Apr. 2025
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From organizing food drives to donating recycling proceeds to global projects, EOLO is proof that small acts can scale.—
Jason Phillips,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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The forty-three students in Tate’s charge visited all the city’s major sites, plus some often overlooked on school trips organized by white teachers: Frederick Douglass’s house, Miner Teachers College, and the Howard University campus that would later become Tate’s academic home.—
April White,
JSTOR Daily,
21 Apr. 2025
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Hayes was later seen counting and sorting his eggs in a bag while standing in a living room.—
Escher Walcott,
People.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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The mixed fragments pass over rotating screens that remove cardboard and paper, allowing heavier materials, including plastics, metals and glass, to continue along the sorting line.—
Alex Jordan,
The Conversation,
16 Apr. 2025
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Of the 23 players in the squad that have made 11 or more league appearances this season, nine (almost 40 per cent) can be classified as long-distance internationals.—
Andy Naylor,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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How Businesses Can Remain Compliant Governance platforms and compliance partners focus on helping any business, from enterprises to startups, to monitor, identify, classify and ensure that AI is built in accordance to the new EU AI Act.—
Jessica Mendoza,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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Researchers also took samples from 65 titan arum plants and sequenced their DNA.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 Apr. 2025
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Two amino acid sequences from the proteins recovered from the specimen matched those known from the Denisovan genome — a complete set of genetic information sequenced from DNA.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
10 Apr. 2025
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The case, originally filed in 2012, accused Sutter of attempting to amass monopoly power in northern California through all-or-nothing contracts, requiring insurers to include all of its hospitals and physician groups in health plans.—
Annika Merrilees,
Sacbee.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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Feldstein Soto said the UCLA Police Department referred 245 arrests and all were declined for filing due to insufficient evidence.—
Ruben Vives,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2025
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“Prioritize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prioritize. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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