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It's always difficult to prioritize work, school, and family.
If you want to do your job efficiently, you have to learn to prioritize.
The town council hopes to prioritize the bridge construction project at the next meeting.
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1961
: to organize (things) so that the most important thing is done or dealt with first
: to make (something) the most important thing in a group
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