How to Use take priority in a Sentence

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• Fixing old roads and bridges would take priority over new ones.
  — Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2020
• But at a certain point, public health must take priority over profits.
  — Dr. Jay Bhatt and Dr. John Brownstein, ABC News, 1 Dec. 2021
• In extreme cold, heating may take priority over running power plants, which keep the lights on.
  — Naureen S. Malik, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2022
• Your spouse should always take priority over your birth family.
  — Sahil Bloom, CNBC, 22 Nov. 2025
• Winter season is when comfort food seems to take priority over fresh produce.
  — Ashton Yoon, Discover Magazine, 27 Mar. 2017
• Which kinds of historic racial injustice take priority, and what form should repair take?
  — Elsa Noterman, The Conversation, 1 Apr. 2025
• That is why a redevelopment plan of downtown and the mall should and will take priority.
  — Baltimore Sun, 2 May 2023
• The reality is that there is a price for freedom, and public health must take priority.
  — Peyton Teske, Hartford Courant, 23 Apr. 2024
• And, right now, natural products should take priority over things like protein shakes.
  — New Atlas, 17 Mar. 2025
• In close cases, and there are many, the views of the agency take priority even if courts might have ruled differently.
  — Adam Liptak, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2024
• Your primary employer has to take priority over any side gig.
  — Karla L. Miller, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2023
• But in a high-traffic area, ease of cleaning, and durability may take priority.
  — Kathleen Felton, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Oct. 2023
• Plowing and other projects may take priority over Christmas tree pickup, the site says.
  — Quinn Clark, Journal Sentinel, 27 Dec. 2022
• For Bateman, this is a product where the quality should take priority over the cost for consumers.
  — Rennie Dyball, Peoplemag, 10 July 2023
• Experts say that despite those provisions, the new law is likely to take priority in practice.
  — ABC News, 11 Mar. 2026
• If China’s goal is to project maritime strength, then boosting its navy fleet would presumably take priority.
  — Charlie Campbell, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
• Family obligations may need to take priority over a social event.
  — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 23 Apr. 2021
• Lastly, working in the nonprofit world, the focus on funding tends to take priority.
  — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Nov. 2023
• Anything that affects your safety and well-being and the basic functioning of your home should take priority.
  — Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2021
• Izenberg says that a manned mission to Venus should take priority over visiting Mars.
  — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 27 Sep. 2022
• Despite sounding dull, this is much more likely to take priority over tourism or the colonization of Mars.
  — WSJ, 2 Aug. 2022
• Conner says what any good husband would and tells Whitney that her mental health has to take priority, but the rest of us know how this is going to end.
  — Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2026
• Bright-line contrasts with the other party take priority over the more nuanced stances that compromise requires.
  — William A. Galston, WSJ, 25 May 2021
• After a decade together, that should take priority -- not scrutinizing what friendship his mother may or may not have with the old flame.
  — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 24 Sep. 2021
• More pressing needs for food, shelter and clothing often take priority to seeking counseling, which is in short supply even in good times.
  — Brian Melley, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Oct. 2022
• Plus, getting to know each other tends to take priority over nitpicking the small stuff during the whirlwind honeymoon phase.
  — Jenna Ryu, SELF, 24 Jan. 2025
• For me, there are other ones that take priority that come from Momentary Lapse of Reason.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025
• But a viral social media trend claims that single glass should actually take priority.
  — Caroline Tien, SELF, 5 Feb. 2026
• While punchlines should take priority, of course, Chris Redd deserves attention for making his flow as sharp as the jokes.
  — Matthew Love, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2021
• The Tigers need at least two starting pitchers, the acquisition of whom appears to take priority over a big-name shortstop.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 5 Oct. 2021