prioritize

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Recent Examples of prioritize So this season, Joe moved on to Cooper — who all but broke up his own romance with Kat to prioritize Joe. — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2026 The Associated Press NAGOYA, Japan -- NAGOYA, Japan (AP) — Alex Eala is prioritizing representing the Philippines at the Asian Games over the WTA Tour for the moment — even if that means risking a fine from the women’s tour. — ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026 Perhaps sales and product were prioritizing two different sets of customers. — Michael Londgren, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026 Schinazi said travel has become an increasingly resilient part of people’s lives, adding especially amidst uncertainty, consumers continue to prioritize travel and experiences. — Kanika Talwar, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for prioritize
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prioritize
Verb
  • Before deciding whether to repair or renovate, walk your property and categorize issues as either cosmetic or structural.
    — Alex Vasquez, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Seeking new crypto money, Christie’s and Sotheby’s cut all other legitimizing actors out of the loop with NFTs, elevating what might previously have been categorized as illustration, graphic art, or a social media meme to the status of fine art.
    — Simon Denny, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Centuries before officers appeared in uniform, posing as neutral criminologists, policing developed as a method of organizing society.
    — Sophie Landres, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Contact centers had spent decades organizing high volumes of work into queues, tracking outcomes, and building a body of past interactions.
    — David Pralong, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The goal is less time spent assembling and sorting data, and more time deciding what to do with it.
    — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Regulators and clinicians generally sort these products into three buckets.
    — Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The party has been classified by Germany’s domestic intelligence agency as an extremist group in some regions.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Excess mortality can’t tell us whether every death was classified correctly.
    — Jess Steier, STAT, 25 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Scientists can sequence a genome, but understanding environmental impacts requires psychologists to follow thousands of people for decades.
    — Jessica Craig, Popular Science, 2 Sep. 2026
  • First, scientists sequence the full range of genetic material in a patient’s sample.
    — Jason Liebowitz, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • McKinsey responded to his wife's court filing by requesting a domestic violence protection order against her and filing for divorce.
    — TERRY CHEA, Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Minnesota filed a lawsuit over most of the money that remains pending.
    — Luke Fountain, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026

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“Prioritize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prioritize. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

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