How to Use precedence in a Sentence

precedence

noun

• And that’s when the tacos took precedence over the barbecue.
  — Bob Carlton | [e-mail], al, 2 Feb. 2023
• For 10 long years, affairs of state took precedence over affairs of the heart.
  — CBS News, 9 Aug. 2022
• When your kid gets sick, taking them to the doctor will take precedence over your need to go to the gym.
  — Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 3 Jan. 2023
• As in all sports, the safety of our players must take precedence above all else.
  — CBS News, 31 Oct. 2023
• The aggressor’s rights do not take precedence over the rights of its victims.
  — Lawrence H. Summers, Foreign Affairs, 15 June 2023
• Taking care of kids and a job might take precedence over tidiness.
  — David Oliver, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2023
• The real animals around her—on her farms, and the hardy Herdwick sheep up in the hills—took precedence.
  — Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2022
• But the title wasn’t enough to take precedence over his talent, and his plans to stay behind the scenes quickly changed.
  — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2022
• At the same time, your duties to your own child do take precedence over your concerns for the children of others.
  — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2023
• Strength and conditioning will take precedence in the first phase.
  — Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 4 Apr. 2022
• In many instances, the size of the book shelf and available space will take precedence over the number of shelves when deciding what’s best for you.
  — Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Nov. 2023
• The constitution of Bhutan sets out a prince taking precedence over a princess.
  — Town & Country, 14 June 2023
• If the Covid-19 pandemic has taught us anything, it’s that our health should take precedence.
  — Joseph Lustberg, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2022
• The two were seen making out backstage at the Golden Globes, after all, so there is precedence.
  — Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 12 Mar. 2023
• There may also be change of control clauses in contracts that will take precedence over the process.
  — Sharon Heaton, Forbes, 1 July 2022
• When does a political stand, or a moral stand, take precedence over art?
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 2 May 2022
• Yet honor paid to a unique and sacred body takes precedence over alms, Jesus seemed to argue.
  — Julian Bell, The New York Review of Books, 20 July 2023
• This is not to say there are no circumstances in which a higher duty would take precedence.
  — Judith Martin, oregonlive, 20 Apr. 2023
• Designers agree that large pieces such as sofas, beds, chairs and rugs should take precedence.
  — Sarah Lyon, Washington Post, 7 July 2022
• In some cases, these bonds can take precedence over the fun of belting the lyrics to your favorite song from Black Holes and Revelations.
  — Will "ill Will" Lavin, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2022
• These movies had dancers and graffiti taking precedence over the music.
  — Nicholas Bell, Spin, 16 Aug. 2023
• When the stress takes precedence, cortisol levels increase, and the body becomes alert.
  — Alexa Mikhail, CNN, 14 June 2022
• But the overwhelming thought was the moment the last time when faced with the paperwork about whose life takes precedence in an emergency.
  — Anna-Maja Rappard, CNN, 26 Sep. 2022
• The Department of Public Works notes that posted signs take precedence.
  — Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 17 Feb. 2023
• The constitution dictates that princes take precedence over princesses in the line of succession to the Golden Throne of Bhutan.
  — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 14 June 2023
• Ultimately, your needs and preferences should take precedence over most of the specs here.
  — PCMAG, 2 Feb. 2023
• Movies, sleepovers, and football games took precedence.
  — Deanna Pan, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Oct. 2022
• Even as rapid testing takes precedence, follow-up PCR samples should still be used to exclude the need for treatment.
  — Benjamin Mazer, The Atlantic, 23 Mar. 2022
• There is no recent precedence of an a football coach not getting approved by the UL System Board.
  — Koki Riley, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2022
• The star of the show, however, just might be the pool and its indoor-outdoor bar and restaurant, Little Palm, where tropical drinks take precedence on the menu.
  — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 27 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024