as in precedence
the right to one's attention before other things considered less important
the committee has decided to give your request priority, so you'll have a meeting early tomorrow morning
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Recent Examples of priority
Strategically, creating the best pathways for local youth talent is a priority for Sporting Cascades.
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Henry Flynn, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2025
Beck told Newsweek that NumbersUSA was making Gosar's bill a priority, to ensure the end of the OPT program.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Aug. 2025
The first priority is helping individual households, but municipalities will focus on public assistance such as infrastructure next, Milwaukee County Office of Emergency Management Director Cassandra Libal said.
—Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Having already drawn billions of dollars and resources, leaders at the company claimed the Metaverse was a priority for the tech giant in late 2022, even as AI grew in prominence.
—Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
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Henry Flynn, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2025
Beck told Newsweek that NumbersUSA was making Gosar's bill a priority, to ensure the end of the OPT program.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Aug. 2025
The first priority is helping individual households, but municipalities will focus on public assistance such as infrastructure next, Milwaukee County Office of Emergency Management Director Cassandra Libal said.
—Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Having already drawn billions of dollars and resources, leaders at the company claimed the Metaverse was a priority for the tech giant in late 2022, even as AI grew in prominence.
—Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for priority
precedence
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Dealing with rising costs and a pursuit of experiences and self-care are taking precedence over long-term financial planning, experts observed.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
14 Aug. 2025
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Those interviewed also told the grand jury that the lack of resources, both personnel and funding, was the reason why elder financial abuse isn’t given a higher priority, stressing that cases involving physical abuse take precedence over financial abuse.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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“Priority.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/priority. Accessed 2 Sep. 2025.
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