How to Use set priorities in a Sentence

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  • City government is going to have to set priorities and stick to them.
    Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 15 May 2024
  • Learning how to set priorities and not do too much too quickly is essential.
    Judith Graham, CNN, 26 May 2022
  • While the state set guidelines on who could be vaccinated, each provider could set priorities.
    Dallas News, 9 Apr. 2021
  • Shah said his hope was to raise enough additional money to not have to set priorities about which struggling residents to help.
    Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2024
  • The data helps set priorities for how money is spent and can become a political football.
    Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2020
  • The data, which help set priorities for how money is spent, can become a political football.
    Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2022
  • Employers look for people who can set priorities and stay on top of deadlines without letting costs spiral out of control.
    Sho Dewan, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Survey results will help set priorities to improve parks and open spaces, recreation, and library services.
    Laura Groch march 5, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2023
  • This question prompts the coachee to clarify their aspirations and set priorities.
    Xavier Preterit, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Empower them to set priorities, bring up problems and decide how to allocate resources.
    Frank Orozco, Forbes, 27 May 2021
  • It has been known for some time that the initial vaccine shipments will come in drips, rather than a flood, requiring health officials to set priorities for who would be first in line.
    Glenn Howatt, Star Tribune, 8 Dec. 2020
  • How to set priorities for the use of ventilators, breathing machines that can sustain life, is one of the most worrisome questions.
    Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, The Denver Post, 6 Apr. 2020
  • Equity should show up in how leaders make tradeoffs, how managers set priorities and how teams talk about their work—not only in strategic documents or high‑level plans.
    Miguel McInnis, Forbes.com, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Although the president may set priorities, actual cases are supposed to be brought based on the facts and the law, not on the identity of the defendant.
    Adam Serwer, The Atlantic, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Based on the thoroughness of the study and report and the criteria used to rank school needs, the information included in this report should be used to set priorities.
    Baltimore Sun, 17 May 2022
  • Resolve to engage in regular self-reflection to enhance decision making, set priorities, and lead from your values.
    Harry Kraemer, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
  • The idea in November was to give Congress some breathing room to set priorities for government spending for the coming year – only now, there’s very little time in which to act.
    Lee Hamilton, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Choosing the right fixer-upper As with any home purchase, buyers need to establish a budget, set priorities and get preapproved for a loan before shopping for a fixer-upper.
    Michele Lerner, Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2023
  • This structural foundation helps set priorities and streamline decision making at all levels of the company, promoting steady and purposeful growth in a business.
    Carl Hung, Forbes, 17 May 2021
  • 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
  • States, which will get doses based on their adult populations, are largely expected to set priorities based on the advisory panel’s recommendations.
    Anna Edney, Bloomberg.com, 1 Dec. 2020
  • Policy makers need accurate information to set priorities for use of limited resources.
    Margaret Spellings, WSJ, 14 Dec. 2020
  • As such, the government is almost certain to set priorities with race in mind that the NIH will have to implement—and may also need to compel researchers to implement.
    John Timmer, Ars Technica, 15 Mar. 2023
  • September 23 – October 22 Your desire to finish your work and go have fun could be a good motivation to set priorities at this time.
    Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2026
  • At that time the system spent more than $1 million in federal, state and local funds to do a systemwide security assessment and set priorities for the future, O’Neal said.
    Baltimore Sun, 3 Sep. 2022
  • Still, Thiess added, more data is needed in order to draw detailed conclusions about Illinois’ spending and for policymakers to set priorities going forward.
    David Greising, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
  • This won’t be easy unless boards have a robust process to set priorities and allocate the resources necessary to integrate ESG into strategy and oversight.
    Jamie Gamble, Fortune, 20 Apr. 2022
  • The test is expected to last three months, allowing the carmaker’s developers to gain insights and set priorities for further development in the future, Mercedes said in a statement.
    Justin Ray, Robb Report, 16 June 2023
  • As governments and regulators set priorities for the year ahead, the question is no longer whether digital assets belong in the financial system, but how deliberately they should be integrated.
    Anastasia Chernikova, Forbes.com, 18 Jan. 2026
  • That gives the tribe leeway to set priorities and policies — for instance, testing for Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever without prior authorization.
    Pien Huang, NPR, 15 Jan. 2025

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