How to Use prioritize in a Sentence

prioritize

verb

• 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.
• When the stress is too much, prioritize and work step by step.
  — Keven Knight, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022
• 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
• In essence, the study offered a road map for the next decade of where Chicago should prioritize tree planting, down to the census tract.
  — Joe Mahr, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2022
• Because of that, there isn’t any rhyme or reason about what to prioritize and when.
  — Evan Nicole Brown, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Dec. 2022
• 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
• If the trees in your area go from green to orange to red, and the image is a few days old, then prioritize orange areas over the red ones.
  — Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 23 Sep. 2022
• This is the cost of ambition in a world that prioritizes profit above all else.
  — Vivek Rana, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
• For starters, Johnson is not averse to prioritizing the run game.
  — Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2025
• This support for restraint is found in the goals Americans prioritize for the U.S. response to the war.
  — Time, 24 Oct. 2022
• The park gives out free ice water and prioritizes shade structures and mister fans.
  — Aaron Gettinger, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2023
• The third mistake Jones made in the early stages of his journey was to prioritize the short-term wins over his long-term objectives.
  — Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 7 June 2022
• 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
• You are being asked to prioritize fun, joy, and laughter in August above all else.
  — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Nov. 2022
• New moons are one of the most pivotal times of the month to set intentions, prioritize a clean slate, and manifest for your future.
  — Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com, 25 Aug. 2022
• As the group tries to rekindle some of the magic of their teenage summers for the last time, Clara begins to realize that she’s been prioritizing all the wrong things.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 15 Aug. 2024
• While a crucial decision awaits the team, the Doom Patrol must decide what to prioritize — their own happiness or the fate of the world.
  — Ej Panaligan, Variety, 22 Nov. 2022
• 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
• And yet, the piece is also a reminder that the answer to it all, at least in the immediate and everyday, is to prioritize love.
  — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2025
• Twitter’s new owner, Elon Musk, bought the platform to prioritize free speech.
  — Michael Kan, PCMAG, 29 Aug. 2023
• For those who prioritize comfort, there are full cushion socks with plush footbeds.
  — Sara Coughlin, SELF, 14 Feb. 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
• Vanderkam notes thinking about your time in terms of the 168 hours in a week can be freeing, and give you the flexibility to prioritize.
  — Molly Longman, refinery29.com, 5 May 2023
• These can be fun and useful, but don’t prioritize these features over the safety and performance of the fire pit itself.
  — Dan Diclerico, Good Housekeeping, 12 July 2022
• With the abrupt changes that all of us have gone through during the pandemic, the need to prioritize mental health has never been more important.
  — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 3 June 2022
• Map out where your money goes and practice living on a lean version that prioritizes essentials.
  — Jack Kelly, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025