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
Democrats could have chosen any number of priorities to attach to this fight — from tariffs to corruption to ICE raids — instead your party has drawn a line around permanently extending Affordable Care Act tax credits and reversing Medicaid cuts.
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Nik Popli, Time, 26 Sep. 2025
Under the agreement, Zeno will make a multi-million-dollar investment to obtain priority access to large quantities of Am-241 per year from Orano’s la Hague recycling site in Normandy, France.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2025
When asked whether campus police are usually sent to address issues with campus room reservations, Barwacz said the department’s priority is campus safety.
—Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2025
This sends an unhealthy message to the neighbors — that their comments are last priority and since the agenda is completed, their comments are useless.
—Kelly G. Richardson, Oc Register, 26 Sep. 2025
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Nik Popli, Time, 26 Sep. 2025
Under the agreement, Zeno will make a multi-million-dollar investment to obtain priority access to large quantities of Am-241 per year from Orano’s la Hague recycling site in Normandy, France.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2025
When asked whether campus police are usually sent to address issues with campus room reservations, Barwacz said the department’s priority is campus safety.
—Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2025
This sends an unhealthy message to the neighbors — that their comments are last priority and since the agenda is completed, their comments are useless.
—Kelly G. Richardson, Oc Register, 26 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for priority
Recent Examples of Synonyms for priority
precedence
Noun
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Nonetheless, commonplace platitudes about honor and bravery take precedence over the feminist undertones Wyatt may aspire to.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
2 Oct. 2025
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The judge ruled that while Tempel was speaking as a private citizen, her tweet disrupted school operations, giving the district's interests precedence.—
Alec Johnson,
jsonline.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Priority.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/priority. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.
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