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
Rogers said Amazon fundamentally changed the industry’s thinking by prioritizing customer service over decades of traditional inventory optimization.
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Glenn Taylor,
Footwear News,
2 July 2026
Until Americans stop prioritizing these live experiences, Live Nation will continue to price in consumer strength.
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Josh Brown,sean Russo,
CNBC,
2 July 2026
Those requirements were carefully crafted to prioritize mission over aesthetics, leaving much of the previous head of state interior layout minimally changed.
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Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
2 July 2026
Last year, Burgum signed an order prioritizing the openness and accessibility of parks to the public amid the workforce cuts.
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Jack Dura,
Fortune,
2 July 2026
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Glenn Taylor,
Footwear News,
2 July 2026
Until Americans stop prioritizing these live experiences, Live Nation will continue to price in consumer strength.
—
Josh Brown,sean Russo,
CNBC,
2 July 2026
Those requirements were carefully crafted to prioritize mission over aesthetics, leaving much of the previous head of state interior layout minimally changed.
—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
2 July 2026
Last year, Burgum signed an order prioritizing the openness and accessibility of parks to the public amid the workforce cuts.
—
Jack Dura,
Fortune,
2 July 2026
See All Example Sentences for prioritize
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prioritize
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Countrywide, wine, beer, spirits and other newer forms of alcohol are categorized according to beverage type and are taxed often regardless of actual alcohol content or other states’ policies.
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The study also categorized unemployment claims by age and found that a significant portion of claims were from those aged 36 to 65, signaling that AI’s effect doesn’t only affect early-career jobs.
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Weave in open storage elements like cubbies—essential for keeping shoes and boots accessible and organized.
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The flight follows additional aid deliveries from Ecuador and continuing relief efforts organized in Spain, where public institutions, businesses and charitable organizations have raised more than $11 million for earthquake victims.
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The Cat Fanciers' Association sorts cat coats into both color and pattern.
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These include a mail sorting station, built-in charging areas on the shelves for phones, and bulletin boards or pin-up spaces for notes and calendars.
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The Education Department initially classified only 11 fields as professional, leaving out areas including nursing, physical therapy and education.
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Devine told me that e-bike and moped marketing is confusing and regulations keeping e-bikes safely classified are cloudy.
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University of Copenhagen paleoproteomics researcher Enrico Cappellini, also a co-author of the study, hopes the team will sequence proteins from other South African hominins, as well as species from Kenya, Tanzania, and Ethiopia in east Africa.
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Future Society raised the stakes and hopped in a plane to capture real-life cloud microbes—sequencing them in-house to bring this ethereal, cloud-like scent to life.
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The Guard's deployment to Memphis has been subject to a lawsuit, filed by a group of Democratic officials from the local and state level.
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In the last year, Actor’s Equity has filed at least seven labor complaints against Casa Bonita with the National Labor Relations Board for retaliation and refusal to bargain.
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“Prioritize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prioritize. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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