How to Use give priority in a Sentence

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• Many retailers plan to give priority to the mobile direction this year.
  — Alexey Posternak, Forbes, 6 June 2022
• Expect stocks that give priority to stronger balance sheets and return spare cash to shareholders to beat those that keep plowing money back into growth.
  — James MacKintosh, WSJ, 3 Nov. 2022
• Many companies simply give priority based on the date of the order regardless of profit margin.
  — Bill Conerly, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2022
• It can be used, for example, to give priority to traffic from streaming services over static web pages or downloads, so that users don’t see glitches in their streams.
  — Peter Guest, WIRED, 28 Feb. 2024
• Though tech companies are not required to give priority to reports of content flagged for rule breaking, there’s nothing stopping them from doing so.
  — WIRED, 24 July 2023
• That approach has reached a dead end, and polls show that a majority of Turks want economic policies that give priority to job creation.
  — Halil Karaveli, Foreign Affairs, 25 June 2018
• Money budgeted is not always enough to cover all services, and some localities give priority to those with the greatest needs.
  — Jordan Rau, Fortune Well, 16 Nov. 2023
• Federal guidelines require the program to give priority to tenants facing an eviction that has been filed with the Clerk of Courts.
  — Stephen Hudak, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Aug. 2022
• Therefore, some schools give priority to students who committed and paid a deposit versus students who committed later in the cycle.
  — Kristen Moon, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
• Auto service centers could give priority scheduling for mid-day appointments.
  — Renae Gregoire, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
• Your life matters, for the same reason that the lives of those children matter, but you’re ethically entitled to give priority to your life and the lives of your family members.
  — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 29 May 2024
• The Common Start plan calls for an incremental roll-out over five years that would give priority to the lowest-income, highest-need families.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 4 Aug. 2021
• The lottery, for example, does not give priority to a student who may be homeless with special education needs over a child who may have only special education needs.
  — Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2020
• The columbarium would serve Irvine residents, but give priority to veterans.
  — Victoria Le, Oc Register, 12 Jan. 2026
• At this company, managers not only told designers to give priority to cybersecurity but also followed through by praising them for doing so.
  — Keri Pearlson and Stuart Madnick, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2022
• An election officer is required to give priority to a person with a mobility problem that substantially impairs that person’s ability to move around.
  — Virginia Hammerle, Dallas News, 17 Sep. 2023
• The measure also calls for the regulatory commission to give priority to businesses owned by minorities, women and disabled vets who seek licenses.
  — Fox News, 21 Nov. 2020
• But da Silva lacks a majority in Congress, and in any case is expected to give priority to major fiscal and tax legislation ahead of the carbon-market bill.
  — Paulo Trevisani, WSJ, 7 June 2023
• Insurance companies will give priority to homeowners and businesses who have taken steps to harden their properties to disasters like wildfires, floods and windstorms.
  — Cheri Mossburg, CNN, 22 Sep. 2023
• Fearless positivity is not the absence of fear or negativity, but an intentional decision to look at the world through a lens of realism and give priority to the positive.
  — Amy Blankson, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2021
• Hospitals have canceled existing bookings or asked residents to wait until after June 8 to give priority groups such as health workers and elderly citizens more time.
  — Washington Post, 12 May 2021
• In June 2023, the institute struck deals with several developers, who agreed to give priority access to their models for safety testing.
  — Harry Booth, TIME, 5 Sep. 2024
• For example, Oklahoma will give priority to inpatient medical staff, while Utah will focus first on hospitals in areas with a high prevalence of the coronavirus.
  — Sarah Elizabeth Richards, Science, 11 Dec. 2020
• The plan would give priority to investing in sectors such as semiconductors and critical minerals, said the report, which cited documents and people familiar with the discussions.
  — Pia Singh,alex Harring, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2025
• And third, Washington should give priority to first-order challenges, focusing its military planning on fighting wars with great powers and focusing its diplomacy on preventing them.
  — Richard K. Betts, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2014
• The law then requires the city to engage in a 90-day negotiation period with respondents and give priority to the entity proposing the highest number of affordable housing units.
  — Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Aug. 2025
• The request for proposals will give priority to teams led by people of color, with the goal of awarding the project to groups that are 100 percent owned or controlled by people from disadvantaged social populations.
  — Washington Post, 30 Dec. 2020
• Members of Congress of both parties have increasingly called for such an idea, in which the federal government would give priority for grants to local communities that ease zoning restrictions or build denser housing.
  — New York Times, 14 July 2022
• With only about 2,000 tickets available per game, both MSG and Barclays will give priority to season ticket holders and suite members.
  — Dave Brooks, Billboard, 16 Feb. 2021
• Unlike traditional businesses that give priority only to financial profitability, B Corps look at the triple bottom line of profit, people and planet.
  — Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 26 Mar. 2021