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
For the evening, the top priority remains the east flank of the fire, reinforcing fire lines made during previous shifts and preparing for potential strategic firing operations by removing snags.
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Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Suicide prevention is a priority for higher education because suicide is a leading cause of death among young and emerging adults.
—Eric Wood, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Achieving this delicate balance was a priority for Greengrass and Ingelsby.
—Tomris Laffly, Time, 6 Sep. 2025
That makes increasing confidence and readiness around suicide prevention conversations a foremost priority, said Erica Steib, the state suicide prevention manager at Mental Health America of Wisconsin.
—Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 5 Sep. 2025
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Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Suicide prevention is a priority for higher education because suicide is a leading cause of death among young and emerging adults.
—Eric Wood, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Achieving this delicate balance was a priority for Greengrass and Ingelsby.
—Tomris Laffly, Time, 6 Sep. 2025
That makes increasing confidence and readiness around suicide prevention conversations a foremost priority, said Erica Steib, the state suicide prevention manager at Mental Health America of Wisconsin.
—Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 5 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for priority
Recent Examples of Synonyms for priority
precedence
Noun
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Market/compete If adhocracy is all about taking risks, and celebrating that effort even in failure, market/compete is much more rigid — the bottom line takes precedence.—
Julia Sullivan,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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Fact, however, must take precedence over hopeful words and optimistic projections.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
31 Aug. 2025
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“Priority.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/priority. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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