prioritized

verb

past tense of prioritize
as in categorized
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 The Eagles might be depicted as having prioritized playing Hurts over his health. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 26 Oct. 2026 When a vaccine became available, these data directly informed recommendations that prioritized children and young adults. — Julie Morita, Time, 25 Oct. 2026 Worried by the trends at California campuses, two major higher education interest groups prioritized the issue. — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 25 Oct. 2026 Newsletter subscribers will get my column before anyone else does and their questions will be prioritized for future editions. — Shayla Love, Vox, 25 Oct. 2026 Victoria Beckham has always prioritized wearability in her namesake label, and this drop reflects that same mindset. — Bianca Kratky, Glamour, 23 Oct. 2026 Taking over the Big 12 With a big need for running backs, West Virginia head coach Rich Rodriguez quickly prioritized Cook after following the Gamecocks closely. — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Oct. 2026 Menopause isn’t prioritized as a field of study among obstetricians and gynecologists. — Lyndon Haviland, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026 Reasons included understaffing at the USDA, especially in the wake of the Department of Government Efficiency’s cuts last year, and a backlog of other regulations that the White House budget office had prioritized. — Eli Hager, ProPublica, 23 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prioritized
  1. categorized
  2. organized
  3. sorted
  4. filed
  5. sequenced
  6. classified
  7. ranked
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  • With this much space, the entire region can’t be categorized in any one specific way—except with the word dramatic.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Images get treated and categorized one way; PDFs another; text notes another.
    — David Pierce, The Verge, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of categorized
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  • The group has organized several listening events, at venues from the Museum of Old and New Art in Tasmania to the Angel Orensanz Center, housed in a 175-year-old former synagogue in New York.
    — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
  • XPeng shared footage of the test on October 23, following a drive organized by Chinese automotive platform BitAuto, also known as Yiche.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
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  • Textiles destined for the secondhand market earn essentially what material sorted to recycling specification earns, even though the second requires fiber-level identification, more processing and far tighter tolerances.
    — Erik Lagerblad, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Plus, shop discounts on quarter-zip pullovers and flannels in multiple colors to consider Dad sorted.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of sorted
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  • Other religious groups have filed briefs supporting the Catholic preschools.
    — Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Sguros in February this year filed a lawsuit against the company, Equinox Realty Holdings, LLC, court records show.
    — Angie DiMichele, Sun Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of filed
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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
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  • Malm was traveling to speak at a conference alongside a co-founder of Palestine Action, a direct action group that the UK classified as a terrorist organization last year.
    — James Folta, Literary Hub, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The city’s staff report nevertheless classified the situation as an emergency, citing the potential for employee exposure and chemical reactions.
    — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of classified
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  • The Wildcats, ranked in both the Associated Press and coaches’ polls, are coming off a 22-14 season that took them to the second round of the NCAA tournament.
    — Matt Murschel, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Florida ranked sixth among all states for credit card debt per capita at $5,050 at the end of 2025, up $210 from a year earlier, according to Federal Reserve Bank of New York data.
    — Malana VanTyler, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of ranked

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