prioritize
verb
pri·or·i·tize
prī-ˈȯr-ə-ˌtīz 
-ˈär-;
ˈprī-ə-rə-
prioritized; prioritizing
: to list or rate (projects, goals, etc.) in order of priority
Examples of prioritize in a Sentence
It's always difficult to prioritize work, school, and family.
If you want to do your job efficiently, you have to learn to prioritize.
The town council hopes to prioritize the bridge construction project at the next meeting.
Recent Examples on the Web
This format prioritizes batters at the top of the lineup who give you volume innings instead of per-appearance stats.
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Michael Waterloo, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
To achieve this, prioritize fast-loading pages, ensure mobile responsiveness to align with mobile-first indexing, submit XML sitemaps to clarify your site’s structure and properly configure your robots.txt file to guide AI agents on what to crawl.
—Andrea Prazakova, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
Formerly homeless people who have experienced addiction, domestic violence, or mental illness now worry they won't be prioritized for placements, despite losing their homes and qualifying for state and local homelessness initiatives to get people indoors.
—Angela Hart, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2025
Instead of planning to fight China in a war over Taiwan, the United States should prioritize shoring up the self-defense capabilities of these partners.
—Jennifer Kavanagh, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
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Michael Waterloo, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
To achieve this, prioritize fast-loading pages, ensure mobile responsiveness to align with mobile-first indexing, submit XML sitemaps to clarify your site’s structure and properly configure your robots.txt file to guide AI agents on what to crawl.
—Andrea Prazakova, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
Formerly homeless people who have experienced addiction, domestic violence, or mental illness now worry they won't be prioritized for placements, despite losing their homes and qualifying for state and local homelessness initiatives to get people indoors.
—Angela Hart, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2025
Instead of planning to fight China in a war over Taiwan, the United States should prioritize shoring up the self-defense capabilities of these partners.
—Jennifer Kavanagh, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for prioritize
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“Prioritize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prioritize. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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