prioritized

past tense of prioritize

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of prioritized The independent company prioritized restoring the hotel, which has a place on the National Register of Historic Places, to its former splendor and updating it to delight modern sensibilities. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Sep. 2026 These investigations require significant resources, but overdose deaths are often not prioritized by police in the same way as a fatal shooting. — Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2026 Accenture says that the AI use cases that insurers have prioritized have been focused on claims and underwriting, reflecting the outsized importance of those parts of the business to the industry’s total revenue generation. — John Kell, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2026 Health workers and other front-line workers in the Ebola response are being prioritized to receive the Ervebo vaccine that was effective in past Ebola outbreaks caused by a different, more common type of virus. — Arkansas Online, 20 Sep. 2026 Comfort and convenience are being prioritized in fashion, with early trends including pull-on pants, matching sets, and slip-on clogs, the latter of which has gotten the unofficial cool-girl stamp of approval. — Kaelin Dodge, InStyle, 19 Sep. 2026 Even in this one small room, the teacher prioritized shelf space for a library, and students could take books home. — Nora Oakes Howard, Hartford Courant, 16 Sep. 2026 The department prioritized people with criminal records or fraud issues, Tedesco said. — Charlotte Observer, 16 Sep. 2026 As a council member, Vega has prioritized expanding access to child care, strengthening public safety and promoting housing development for all income levels. — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prioritized
Verb
  • The early menu structure was fascinating, with ingredients categorized by their preparation, centered around meats and vegetables organized by their preparation (roasted, braised, sautéed) and meant to be mixed and matched a la carte.
    — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026
  • About 90% of those complaints categorized as resolved were actually dismissed by the Education Department, the GAO found.
    — David Edward DeMatthews, The Conversation, 25 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The building changed ownership in 2018, and Abascal was offered the opportunity to buy the apartment but could not afford it, according to the Madrid Tenants’ Union, which organized Saturday’s protest.
    — Alicia Leon, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Varga’s battle with cancer became public in April, and the band organized a blood drive and fundraiser in his honor.
    — Tanya Fedak, Variety, 26 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • There are plenty of real estate scenarios to walk through that have yet to be sorted.
    — Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2026
  • At the pupae stage, they can be easily sorted into piles of males and females.
    — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Ahead of Wednesday's hearing, an amicus brief was filed by other news groups, urging the court to immediately restore the three outlets' White House access.
    — JOCELYN NOVECK, Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2026
  • The French-language digital news media outlet La Presse reported Wednesday that court documents filed in Montreal showed that Canadian police had been monitoring Pierre for weeks and had placed his home under surveillance.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • 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
  • Journalists are protected under international law CPJ said obituaries for Hamas and other militants released after the October 2025 ceasefire deal identified fighters who the rights group had previously classified as journalists.
    — Joseph Krauss, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Seventeen state positions classified as government operations consultants and 11 more as management consultants followed, most from the same field offices.
    — Sharmila Venkatasubban, Sun Sentinel, 24 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Mirroring the general population, rural voters ranked healthcare costs and gas prices as top economic worries.
    — Ali Swenson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026
  • The Star-Telegram ranked them from most surprising to least surprising.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Sep. 2026

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“Prioritized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prioritized. Accessed 30 Sep. 2026.

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