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
But even as he was met with his own health challenges, Wright still prioritized the team.
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Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 18 July 2025
The team maintains a clear focus on investment-grade bonds, prioritizing stability and capital preservation over higher-yield but higher-risk options.
—Dbs Private Bank, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
The front office, however, prioritized strengthening its weakest link: bench production.
—Kristian Winfield, Hartford Courant, 7 July 2025
When semiconductor supply was tight, automakers prioritized higher-margin vehicles and trims, which pushed average prices higher.
—Ramon Padilla, USA Today, 7 July 2025
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Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 18 July 2025
The team maintains a clear focus on investment-grade bonds, prioritizing stability and capital preservation over higher-yield but higher-risk options.
—Dbs Private Bank, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
The front office, however, prioritized strengthening its weakest link: bench production.
—Kristian Winfield, Hartford Courant, 7 July 2025
When semiconductor supply was tight, automakers prioritized higher-margin vehicles and trims, which pushed average prices higher.
—Ramon Padilla, USA Today, 7 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prioritize
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The team categorized people into four groups: Inactive (no weekly exercise), insufficiently active (less than 150 minutes per week), weekend warriors (150-plus minutes per week, in one to two sessions) and regularly active (15-plus minutes spread across three or more sessions).—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
25 July 2025
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The participants then filled out a questionnaire, which enabled the scientists to categorize each person as a pessimist or optimist.—
Margherita Bassi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 July 2025
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The event, organized by the Detroit Chinatown Vision Committee, aims to revitalize the area and attract Asian businesses.—
Duante Beddingfield,
Freep.com,
26 July 2025
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Another new effort was organized by Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2022 and is called the Unified Cannabis Enforcement Task Force.—
Kurt Snibbe,
Oc Register,
25 July 2025
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Wednesday was another volunteer’s third day pulling and sorting debris at the RV site.—
Bayliss Wagner,
Austin American Statesman,
14 July 2025
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Algorithm designers have long studied these space-time trade-offs for specific tasks like sorting.—
Ben Brubaker,
Wired News,
13 July 2025
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The company classified the fix and vulnerability as Priority 1 and Severity 1, a clear indication that the company recognized the potentially dire consequences had the vulnerability been exploited maliciously in the wild.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
30 July 2025
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This year, Jim Bowden classifies 14 clubs as buyers, eight as sellers and eight as on the fence.—
Alex Kirshner,
New York Times,
30 July 2025
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In baseball, Pedro Martínez evolved from a dominant power pitcher into a master of control and pitch sequencing after the velocity of his fastball declined.—
Mark LaSota,
Forbes.com,
18 July 2025
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The retired controller questioned the wisdom of swapping the paper strips controllers use to sequence planes with a digital alternative.—
Joel Rose,
NPR,
17 July 2025
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His family is filing a wrongful death suit against the park, and their lawyer, Esther Avalos (Nicola Correia-Damude), visits Turner and Jill alike, sniffing around for information about his disappearance.—
Andy Crump,
Time,
20 July 2025
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Sara Vestal of Fort Worth and Robert Ingersol Jackson of Silver Creek filed suits to break the will.—
Richard Selcer,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
19 July 2025
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“Prioritize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prioritize. Accessed 2 Aug. 2025.
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