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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 prioritized
Dominique Senequier Senequier founded Ardian in 1996 with a vision of building a different kind of private investment firm—one that prioritized long-term value creation and employee ownership.
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Sam Birchall, Fortune, 8 June 2026
Airports from Atlanta to Seattle have prioritized upgrades in advance of the World Cup.
—Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 8 June 2026
Ancelotti has prioritized structure first, then attack.
—Esteban Campanela, CNN Money, 7 June 2026
Dale Brier, the deputy director of community grants and trails with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, said the state has prioritized trails because research shows that hiking and walking are important to people.
—Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 7 June 2026
Golding is taking over a program that prioritized the transfer portal over traditional high school recruiting under Lane Kiffin, while Golesh is building a roster for the first time in the SEC.
—Antonio Morales, New York Times, 5 June 2026
At a time when much of the Scotch industry prioritized consistency and tradition above all else, Bruichladdich embraced experimentation, transparency, terroir, and storytelling.
—Emily Price, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier on Monday sued OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, accusing Altman of leading a company that prioritized profits over protecting its users’ safety.
—Corbin Bolies, Variety, 1 June 2026
The study noted that only 33 percent of retailers were investing in shelf digitization, while the others prioritized pricing and supplier systems—even though the latter relied on shelf-level data to perform.
—Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 1 June 2026
Sam Birchall, Fortune, 8 June 2026
Airports from Atlanta to Seattle have prioritized upgrades in advance of the World Cup.
—Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 8 June 2026
Ancelotti has prioritized structure first, then attack.
—Esteban Campanela, CNN Money, 7 June 2026
Dale Brier, the deputy director of community grants and trails with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, said the state has prioritized trails because research shows that hiking and walking are important to people.
—Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 7 June 2026
Golding is taking over a program that prioritized the transfer portal over traditional high school recruiting under Lane Kiffin, while Golesh is building a roster for the first time in the SEC.
—Antonio Morales, New York Times, 5 June 2026
At a time when much of the Scotch industry prioritized consistency and tradition above all else, Bruichladdich embraced experimentation, transparency, terroir, and storytelling.
—Emily Price, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier on Monday sued OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, accusing Altman of leading a company that prioritized profits over protecting its users’ safety.
—Corbin Bolies, Variety, 1 June 2026
The study noted that only 33 percent of retailers were investing in shelf digitization, while the others prioritized pricing and supplier systems—even though the latter relied on shelf-level data to perform.
—Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 1 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prioritized
Verb
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Standard substances are categorized by their ability to either transmit an electric current or resist it entirely.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
7 June 2026
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The film has been categorized as semi-autobiographical in nature for The Parent Trap director.—
Catherine Santino,
PEOPLE,
5 June 2026
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Afterwards, guests attended a private aperitif organized in the area of Piazza Sant'Anna, which was completely cordoned off and teeming with law enforcement.—
Stefania Conrieri,
Vanity Fair,
7 June 2026
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The Buffalo Grove Pride Parade is organized in collaboration with the Buffalo Grove Park District and the Pinta Pride Project.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
7 June 2026
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Ballots are sorted — again Once signatures have been checked, ballots go back to the sorter, Page said, this time separating the ones that have been accepted to continue on the process from the ones that are being challenged.—
Kaitlyn Schallhorn,
Oc Register,
28 May 2026
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In 2024, Carolyn Silverman and I wrote about how 82% of the American population has been sorted into states controlled by a single party, inhibiting political choice and eroding representative democracy.—
Mary Ellen Klas,
Mercury News,
26 May 2026
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Three councilmembers filed a lawsuit on Monday, claiming the city rushed a special meeting to decide if the city should repair City Hall or go somewhere else.—
S.E. Jenkins,
CBS News,
9 June 2026
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The fees were previously set between $960 and $7,595 per application, according to the complaint filed by the attorneys general.—
Haley Parsley
June 8,
Sacbee.com,
9 June 2026
Verb
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About 1 million people globally have sequenced their genomes, and realistically about 1 billion people need to sequence their genomes for models to function more meaningfully.—
Amanda Gerut,
Fortune,
29 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Chlorine gas is poisonous and classified as a pulmonary irritant that has a distinct odor.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
3 June 2026
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Interestingly, depending on the data provider, the stock is often classified as either an industrial or a technology/software company.—
Frank Cappelleri,
CNBC,
3 June 2026
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China is North Korea’s top economic lifeline, accounting for the vast majority of the country’s foreign trade, and has long ranked as Pyongyang’s most important diplomatic partner.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
5 June 2026
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That year, Georgia was ranked as the worst-performing state in a Postal Service service performance report for the second quarter of 2024 that tracked transit time for mail delivery.—
Dan Raby,
CBS News,
5 June 2026
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