set priorities
idiom
: to decide which things are most important to do
We don't have enough time to do everything. We have to set priorities.
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In addition to those targets, Stewart also has set priorities to re-establish focus on its retail business, increase fleet business, including telematics, and ink high-profile business deals such as Goodyear’s first launch in decades on a Ferrari sports car.
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Michael Wayland, CNBC, 8 Mar. 2025
Previous administrations have set priorities on whom to arrest, detain and deport, in part, because of limited resources.
—Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News, 14 Feb. 2025
The idea in November was to give Congress some breathing room to set priorities for government spending for the coming year – only now, there’s very little time in which to act.
—Lee Hamilton, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
That gives the tribe leeway to set priorities and policies — for instance, testing for Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever without prior authorization.
—Pien Huang, NPR, 15 Jan. 2025
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Michael Wayland, CNBC, 8 Mar. 2025
Previous administrations have set priorities on whom to arrest, detain and deport, in part, because of limited resources.
—Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News, 14 Feb. 2025
The idea in November was to give Congress some breathing room to set priorities for government spending for the coming year – only now, there’s very little time in which to act.
—Lee Hamilton, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
That gives the tribe leeway to set priorities and policies — for instance, testing for Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever without prior authorization.
—Pien Huang, NPR, 15 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for set priorities
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“Set priorities.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/set%20priorities. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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