How to Use give priority in a Sentence

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  • Federal guidelines require the program to give priority to tenants facing an eviction that has been filed with the Clerk of Courts.
    — Stephen Hudak, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Aug. 2022
  • Biden made the same mistake last week, asking states to give priority to educators (read: teachers unions), school staffers and child-care workers.
    — Star Tribune, 7 Mar. 2021
  • Many retailers plan to give priority to the mobile direction this year.
    — Alexey Posternak, Forbes, 6 June 2022
  • Expect stocks that give priority to stronger balance sheets and return spare cash to shareholders to beat those that keep plowing money back into growth.
    — James MacKintosh, WSJ, 3 Nov. 2022
  • The Common Start plan calls for an incremental roll-out over five years that would give priority to the lowest-income, highest-need families.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 4 Aug. 2021
  • Many companies simply give priority based on the date of the order regardless of profit margin.
    — Bill Conerly, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2022
  • Data backs this up: Eight in 10 consumers give priority to retailers that offer easy returns, Chain Store Age reports.
    — Jenn McMillen, Forbes, 4 May 2023
  • Data backs this up: Eight in 10 consumers give priority to retailers that offer easy returns, Chain Store Age reports.
    — Jenn McMillen, Forbes, 4 May 2023
  • Though tech companies are not required to give priority to reports of content flagged for rule breaking, there’s nothing stopping them from doing so.
    — WIRED, 24 July 2023
  • With only about 2,000 tickets available per game, both MSG and Barclays will give priority to season ticket holders and suite members.
    — Dave Brooks, Billboard, 16 Feb. 2021
  • Money budgeted is not always enough to cover all services, and some localities give priority to those with the greatest needs.
    — Jordan Rau, Fortune Well, 16 Nov. 2023
  • The United States should give priority to negotiating agreements to position more U.S. forces and war stocks along the first island chain, while allies and partners along the chain enhance their defenses.
    — Andrew F. Krepinevich, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2023
  • There are plenty of ways to give priority to connection, even in this frazzled moment, says Shasta Nelson, a speaker and author of books about how to cultivate friendship in our personal lives and at work.
    — Rachel Feintzeig, WSJ, 13 Mar. 2023
  • But da Silva lacks a majority in Congress, and in any case is expected to give priority to major fiscal and tax legislation ahead of the carbon-market bill.
    — Paulo Trevisani, WSJ, 7 June 2023
  • Therefore, some schools give priority to students who committed and paid a deposit versus students who committed later in the cycle.
    — Kristen Moon, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
  • The request for proposals will give priority to teams led by people of color, with the goal of awarding the project to groups that are 100 percent owned or controlled by people from disadvantaged social populations.
    — Washington Post, 30 Dec. 2020
  • The lottery, for example, does not give priority to a student who may be homeless with special education needs over a child who may have only special education needs.
    — Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2020
  • For example, Oklahoma will give priority to inpatient medical staff, while Utah will focus first on hospitals in areas with a high prevalence of the coronavirus.
    — Sarah Elizabeth Richards, Science, 11 Dec. 2020
  • The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices was scheduled to vote on a proposal that would give priority to health care workers and nursing home patients.
    — Mike Stobbe, chicagotribune.com, 1 Dec. 2020
  • Fearless positivity is not the absence of fear or negativity, but an intentional decision to look at the world through a lens of realism and give priority to the positive.
    — Amy Blankson, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2021
  • But for the December round of funding, which many colleges are still distributing, and the round of funding that was just approved, institutions are directed to give priority to students with exceptional financial needs.
    — Allison Pohle, WSJ, 10 Mar. 2021
  • Members of Congress of both parties have increasingly called for such an idea, in which the federal government would give priority for grants to local communities that ease zoning restrictions or build denser housing.
    — New York Times, 14 July 2022
  • Hospitals have canceled existing bookings or asked residents to wait until after June 8 to give priority groups such as health workers and elderly citizens more time.
    — Washington Post, 12 May 2021
  • In the District of Columbia, a few Safeway grocery stores are the primary distributors, although city health officials have asked doctors to give priority to high-risk individuals.
    — Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 29 Jan. 2022
  • The measure also calls for the regulatory commission to give priority to businesses owned by minorities, women and disabled vets who seek licenses.
    — Fox News, 21 Nov. 2020
  • An election officer is required to give priority to a person with a mobility problem that substantially impairs that person’s ability to move around.
    — Virginia Hammerle, Dallas News, 17 Sep. 2023
  • Insurance companies will give priority to homeowners and businesses who have taken steps to harden their properties to disasters like wildfires, floods and windstorms.
    — Cheri Mossburg, CNN, 22 Sep. 2023
  • At this company, managers not only told designers to give priority to cybersecurity but also followed through by praising them for doing so.
    — Keri Pearlson and Stuart Madnick, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2022
  • Unlike traditional businesses that give priority only to financial profitability, B Corps look at the triple bottom line of profit, people and planet.
    — Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 26 Mar. 2021
  • More crypto firms and other companies are moving through chapter 11 without disclosing the identities of their creditors, a shift from past practice as some courts give priority to data privacy over public transparency.
    — Andrew Scurria, WSJ, 19 June 2023

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