How to Use prioritize in a Sentence

prioritize

verb
Definition of prioritizenext
Synonyms for prioritizenext
  • The town council hopes to prioritize the bridge construction project at the next meeting.
  • If you want to do your job efficiently, you have to learn to prioritize.
  • It's always difficult to prioritize work, school, and family.
  • Make the choice that prioritizes your dog's comfort and health.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 24 May 2023
  • The milk bank must prioritize who will be served, Virmani said.
    — Campbell Roper, arkansasonline.com, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Here is one way to think about how to prioritize your payments: Take care of basic needs first.
    — Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 6 June 2023
  • For This is a very stylish couch and would be ideal for those who prioritize design.
    — Eden Lichterman, Peoplemag, 27 Sep. 2023
  • The park gives out free ice water and prioritizes shade structures and mister fans.
    — Aaron Gettinger, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2023
  • Both Prince William and Princess Kate have prioritized the promotion of mental health for much of their public life.
    — Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 25 Apr. 2024
  • Baseball fans point to the Texas Rangers as an example that prioritizing heart over data can lead to big wins – and more joy.
    — Camilo Fonseca, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Twitter’s new owner, Elon Musk, bought the platform to prioritize free speech.
    — Michael Kan, PCMAG, 29 Aug. 2023
  • No two fins are quite alike, as some prioritize comfort and agility while others are fine tuned for power and speed.
    — Chantae Reden, Popular Mechanics, 15 June 2023
  • The truth is that Khan has few friends in the West after prioritizing relations with Russia and China.
    — Charlie Campbell, TIME, 17 Jan. 2024
  • This time around, the mill has been tuned to prioritize drivability over power.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Above all, prioritize having fun and living in the moment!
    — Kyle Thomas, Peoplemag, 9 June 2024
  • But preserving the past should not be prioritized over building the future, and those UDC students are our future.
    — Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2023
  • School officials have identified and prioritized over $1 billion of repairs and upgrades needed in schools across the city, about half of which are in the newer part of the city.
    — East Bay Times Editorial, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2024
  • The province will prioritize power to households at night.
    — Nguyen Xuan Quynh, Bloomberg.com, 6 June 2023
  • Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck are making sure to prioritize their kids.
    — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 1 June 2024
  • The town's budget is required to be in balance and all prioritizing is done with this direction.
    — Maritza Dominguez, The Arizona Republic, 9 July 2024
  • But with skin streaming on the rise, prioritizing a bouncy, plumping serum that really works should be on your 2024 goals list.
    — India Espy-Jones, Essence, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Instead, California has prioritized in-state wind and solar farms, bowing to the will of labor unions that want those jobs.
    — Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2024
  • The company is prioritizing stores that have a high volume of cold drink orders, therefore many stores will not implement the change this year.
    — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 26 Oct. 2023
  • One way to do this is by delegating tasks and prioritizing only the most important for your own list.
    — Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2023
  • Those may cause some privacy challenges down the road for a company that has long prioritized its users’ safety and anonymity.
    — Krystal Hur, CNN, 13 June 2024
  • So the utility of this kind of research is to first of all find whole neighborhoods to prioritize for greening, but then to target specific places to put single trees.
    — Matt Simon, WIRED, 9 May 2024
  • For too long, these facilities have prioritized profits over the well-being of our children.
    — William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Not all believe that book owners should prioritize style over substance.
    — Colleen Sullivan, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 June 2024
  • But the state’s new House speaker, Republican Jason White, has prioritized it.
    — Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 July 2024
  • Yet these savings are being completely left on the table because PBMs have prioritized in their formularies high-cost, high-rebate drugs over lower-cost biosimilars.
    — Juliana M. Reed, STAT, 1 Aug. 2024

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