set priorities
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: to decide which things are most important to do
We don't have enough time to do everything. We have to set priorities.
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But the pandemic must be fought simultaneously at the global level, with the full support of powerful countries—those that have a capacity to organize, set priorities, and unite disparate and often conflicting national efforts.
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Nicholas Burns, Foreign Affairs, 25 Mar. 2020
But their differences over how to set priorities quickly led to problems behind closed doors, according to transition aides.
—Michael C. Bender, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
In addition to those targets, Stewart also has set priorities to re-establish focus on its retail business, increase fleet business, including telematics, and ink high-profile business deals such as Goodyear’s first launch in decades on a Ferrari sports car.
—Michael Wayland, CNBC, 8 Mar. 2025
Previous administrations have set priorities on whom to arrest, detain and deport, in part, because of limited resources.
—Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News, 14 Feb. 2025
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Nicholas Burns, Foreign Affairs, 25 Mar. 2020
But their differences over how to set priorities quickly led to problems behind closed doors, according to transition aides.
—Michael C. Bender, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
In addition to those targets, Stewart also has set priorities to re-establish focus on its retail business, increase fleet business, including telematics, and ink high-profile business deals such as Goodyear’s first launch in decades on a Ferrari sports car.
—Michael Wayland, CNBC, 8 Mar. 2025
Previous administrations have set priorities on whom to arrest, detain and deport, in part, because of limited resources.
—Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News, 14 Feb. 2025
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“Set priorities.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/set%20priorities. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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