prioritize

verb

Definition of prioritizenext
as in to categorize
to put in order based on importance We prioritized the hardest parts of the project before the easier ones.

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Recent Examples of prioritize The apparel company has also shown signs of prioritizing its growth brands while divesting from less high-performing assets, inspiring more confidence in its stock. — Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 13 Aug. 2026 The head of New York City’s teachers’ union threatened to yank his support from a major literacy initiative in public schools, blaming this year’s dismal reading scores on the Mamdani administration prioritizing paperwork over progress. — Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2026 While the couple prioritizes working through disagreements, Barker acknowledged that sometimes giving each other space is equally important. — Sameen Chaudhry, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026 Duke Energy prioritizes restoring power to critical infrastructure after storms, such as hospitals, sewage treatment plants and other facilities, before residential neighborhoods, Juech said. — Matthew Cupelli, Cincinnati Enquirer, 12 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for prioritize
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prioritize
  1. categorize
  2. organize
  3. sort
  4. classify
  5. sequence
  6. file
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  • Although complaints about rearview cameras are categorized separately by JD Power, buggy infotainment systems can sometimes prevent the rearview image from being displayed on the main infotainment screen in the center of the dashboard.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • That's why many people pair a simple budgeting framework with a budgeting app that automatically tracks spending, categorizes purchases and monitors progress toward savings goals.
    — Javier Simon, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of categorize
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  • The two created The Beautiful Lives Project, a non-profit which has organized events all over the country, pairing sports teams with participants from the project.
    — Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 15 Aug. 2026
  • The Teamsters have been enthusiastically endorsing the bill specifically because, while 40-something employers would be difficult to collectively bargain against, DSP workers would be much easier to organize once within Amazon.
    — Tiana Lowe Doescher, The Washington Examiner, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of organize
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  • The avocados then move along mechanical lines that sort them by size before workers place them into boxes.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026
  • For example, a package traveling from California to New York might otherwise move through a national ground network, passing through multiple sorting facilities and spending several days in long-haul transit before reaching the final mile.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of sort
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  • But the chief declined to classify the violence as gang-related at a community briefing on July 24, when reporters pressed her about whether the people involved belonged to rival gangs or families.
    — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Many of the first big commercial systems, like AltaVista, Lycos, Excite, and HotBot, used crawlers and indexes to automatically map a growing web rather than relying on editors to hand-classify every site.
    — Alan Bradley, ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of classify
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  • There is evidence that Tehran has sought to sequence the talks in its favor.
    — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2026
  • For years, the industry response to this tension was to sequence it away.
    — Vishal Saxena, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of sequence
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  • Many of these times, KFA employees allegedly filed false expense reports chalking up the charges to meals, drinks, or standard massages.
    — Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The Santa Paula Animal Rescue Center filed an emergency motion to halt the euthanasia of a dog that attacked several people.
    — Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
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