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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 priorities
Trump was speaking in Texas about energy and economic priorities, emphasizing topics from his recent State of the Union address.
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Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 28 Feb. 2026
Advertisement Even so, Puerto Ricans remain subject to Washington’s shifting priorities, while federal agencies continue to invest in resilient, renewable systems for their own operations on the archipelago.
—Israel Melendez Ayala, Time, 28 Feb. 2026
Affordable housing is one of his major priorities.
—Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 28 Feb. 2026
While those votes are ongoing, expect bill language to be shuffled in and out of bills as lawmakers scramble to find homes for their priorities in the final hours.
—Kaitlin Lange, IndyStar, 27 Feb. 2026
Invest in memories that match your real priorities.
—Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2026
There are physicians aligned with the administration’s health priorities who have completed residency and maintain active licenses.
—Jerome Adams, STAT, 27 Feb. 2026
But over months and years, those priorities can shift.
—Bill Chappell, NPR, 27 Feb. 2026
Yet, Delgado pressed on, seemingly oblivious to these priorities.
—Kirsten John Foy, New York Daily News, 21 Feb. 2026
Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 28 Feb. 2026
Advertisement Even so, Puerto Ricans remain subject to Washington’s shifting priorities, while federal agencies continue to invest in resilient, renewable systems for their own operations on the archipelago.
—Israel Melendez Ayala, Time, 28 Feb. 2026
Affordable housing is one of his major priorities.
—Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 28 Feb. 2026
While those votes are ongoing, expect bill language to be shuffled in and out of bills as lawmakers scramble to find homes for their priorities in the final hours.
—Kaitlin Lange, IndyStar, 27 Feb. 2026
Invest in memories that match your real priorities.
—Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2026
There are physicians aligned with the administration’s health priorities who have completed residency and maintain active licenses.
—Jerome Adams, STAT, 27 Feb. 2026
But over months and years, those priorities can shift.
—Bill Chappell, NPR, 27 Feb. 2026
Yet, Delgado pressed on, seemingly oblivious to these priorities.
—Kirsten John Foy, New York Daily News, 21 Feb. 2026
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“Priorities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/priorities. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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