Thesaurus results for PRIORITY

priority

noun

prī-ˈȯr-ə-tē

as in precedence

the right to one's attention before other things considered less important the committee has decided to give your request priority, so you'll have a meeting early tomorrow morning

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Recent Examples of priority Raising the charge to a felony is the number one public policy priority for The North Carolina Public Transportation Association, which represents 95 public transit agencies in the state, said Executive Director David Rhew. —

Caitlin McGlade, Charlotte Observer, 4 June 2026 The budget represents the values and priorities of a state. —

Willie Wilson, Chicago Tribune, 4 June 2026 That is why the Let New York Vote coalition is urging Albany to pass its 2026 legislative priorities before the session ends this week. —

Louie Sawi, New York Daily News, 4 June 2026 Mission slipped into 2025 because ULA needed more Vulcan rocket hardware beyond Cert-2 and the two USSF missions that took priority over the Dream Chaser flight. —

Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for priority

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precedence

Noun

With Mercury and the sun moving through Cancer, and your 10th house of publicity, everything from professional conversations to leadership opportunities suddenly takes precedence.

— Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 1 June 2026
Their identities as teammates take precedence over their individualities as complex human beings, for the greater good of the team.

— Candace Buckner, New York Times, 25 May 2026